- Date
- October 27, 1974
- Place
- Vacaville, CA · VACAVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N86839Champion 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741027036529A
- Case key
- 132456
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3184 74/10/27 VACAVILLE,CALIF CHAMPION 7KCAB CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 3000 TIME - 0945 N86839 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VACAVILLE-DIXON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VACAVILLE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT MILITARY RATED IN C-5A ACFT.STALLED FROM STEEP CLIMB,HIT GRND ON SPIN RECOVERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86839
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Vacaville-Dixon
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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.