# NTSB SEA68D0320: Champion 7GCAA, N2568F, Spokane, WA, May 11, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 11, 1968
- Place: Spokane, WA · SPOKANE, WA
- Location: 47.6588° N, 117.4260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spokane, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6588&lon=-117.4260&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 3, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111007
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA68D0320
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68D0320

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1372  68/5/11    SPOKANE,WASH        CHAMPION 7GCAA      CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 4400
        TIME - 1135                    N2568F              PX-  0  0  0  TOWING GLIDERS            TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FELTS FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S)                               TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- HAND PROPPED ACFT,CHAIN TO TAIL WHEEL BROKE,ACFT STRUCK HANGAR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2568F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2568F-2005-11-17), registration cancelled 2005-11-17, S/N 31, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GCAA
- Registry model: [Champion 7GCAA](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcaa) (registry code 21101N8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Felts Field

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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