# NTSB SEA73AS032: Champion 7GCB, North Plains, OR, May 16, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Date: May 16, 1973
- Place: North Plains, OR · NORTH PLAINS, OR
- Location: 45.5975° N, 122.9947° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Plains, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: DirectorBrief, May 30, 1973
- NTSB case key (mKey): 169516
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA73AS032
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73AS032

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0846  73/5/16    NORTH PLAINS,OREG   CHAMPION 7GCB       CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1320                    N9915Y              PX-  0  0  0  TOWING GLIDERS            AGE 28, 2506 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            286 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - EAGLE GLIDER PORT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          NORTH PLAINS,OREG           LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        REMARKS- LOST CTL IN STEEP L TURN.
```

## Sequence of events

- Approach

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9915Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9915Y-1973-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GCB
- Registry model: Champion AERONCA 7GCB (registry code 2110168, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-aeronca-7gcb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: EAGLE GLIDER PORT
- FAA reports: 19730516013599A (https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730516013599A) (OpenAirDocs)

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

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