- Date
- October 10, 1971
- Place
- North Bend, WA · NORTH BEND, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5079XChampion 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163476
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2990 71/10/10 NORTH BEND,WASH CHAMPION 7GCBC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 305 TIME - 1200 N5079X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BANDERA STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BELLEVUE,WASH WALLA WALLA,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLEW INTO RISING TERRAIN IN FOG SHROUDED MTN PASS. RECOVERED SAME DATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5079X
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bandera State
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