- Date
- March 20, 1978
- Place
- Concord, CA · CONCORD, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9105LCitabria 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780320004539A
- Case key
- 142561
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0333 78/3/20 CONCORD,CA CITABRIA 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 396 TIME - 1458 N9105L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 141 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUCHANAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAYWARD,CA CONCORD,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: GO-AROUND GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9105L
- Reported as
- Citabria 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buchanan
N9105LRegistration cancelled Jul 11, 2016 · Champion 7ECAAirframe modelChampion 7ECAEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Other investigations on N9105L · 1
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