- Date
- May 29, 1966
- Place
- Prineville, OR · PRINEVILLE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9651SChampion 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171582
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0505 66/5/29 PRINEVILLE OREG CHAMPION 7GCBC CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 70 TOTAL TIME - 1655 N9651S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRINEVILLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 70 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS CALM REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM SHORT TAXIWAY. A SUITABLE RUNWAY WAS AVAILABLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9651S
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Prineville
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