- Date
- March 18, 1973
- Place
- Chowchilla, CA · CHOWCHILLA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9606SChampion 7GCAA
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730318005689A
- Case key
- 112330
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0501 73/3/18 CHOWCHILLA,CALIF CHAMPION 7GCAA CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 29 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N9606S PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHOWCHILLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHOWCHILLA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9606S
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chowchilla
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9606S · 1
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