- Date
- April 6, 1974
- Place
- Lone Pine, CA · LONE PINE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4341CChampion 7EC
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740406007509A
- Case key
- 186534
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0606 74/4/6 NR.LONE PINE,CALIF CHAMPION 7EC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 449 TIME - 0938 N4341C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 98 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOWER WARM SPRNGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UPLAND,CALIF LONE PINE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- RUTS AND BUMPS IN SHORT RWY.ACFT HIT BUMP & BOUNCED IN AIR.PLT TRIED GO ARND INTO RISING TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4341C
- Reported as
- Champion 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lower Warm Sprngs
N4341CRegistered now · Champion AERONCA 7ECAirframe modelChampion AERONCA 7ECEngine modelContinental C90 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 N4341C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.