- Date
- March 23, 1974
- Place
- San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9548SChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740323007279A
- Case key
- 186539
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0611 74/3/23 SAN JOSE,CALIF CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 52 TOTAL TIME - 1322 N9548S PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REID HILLVIEW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- TALL GRASS BESIDE RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9548S
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reid Hillview
N9548SRegistration cancelled Mar 20, 2013 · Champion 7ECAAirframe modelChampion 7ECAEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9548S · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX83FVG10Accident · 1 fatalFinal reportGeorgetown, CAThe acft collided with a mountainside at the 3500 ft level in a 45 degree nose down attitude after colliding with a 30 ft tree during IMC weather on a dark night. There is no record that the plt received a weather briefing. The pilot was not instrument rated…NTSB LAX80DVG53Accident · No injuriesClosedGeorgetown, CANTSB OAK68D0119Accident · No injuriesClosedSan Jose, CA