- Date
- January 11, 1976
- Place
- Rutherford, CA · RUTHERFORD, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1824GChampion 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760111001909A
- Case key
- 152684
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0583 76/1/11 NR.RUTHERFORD,CA CHAMPION 7GCBC CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 750 TIME - 1430 N1824G PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POPE VALLEY,CA NAPA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PILOT WAS SEARCHING FOR DUCKS AT LOW ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1824G
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.