- Date
- May 9, 1976
- Place
- Warm Springs, NV · WARM SPRINGS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2737GChampion 7GCAA
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760509012179A
- Case key
- 153874
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1190 76/5/9 WARM SPRINGS,NV CHAMPION 7GCAA CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N2737G PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS AGE 33, 1647 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 68 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AIR SAILING INTENDED DESTINATION LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- STARTED SLIP ON FINAL. CTCD RWY IN CRAB ATTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2737G
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Air Sailing
N2737GRegistration cancelled Jul 3, 2021 · Champion 7GCAAAirframe modelChampion 7GCAAEngine modelLycoming 0-320 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.