- Date
- July 4, 1973
- Place
- Tacoma, WA · TACOMA, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7439BChampion 7EC
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730704028539A
- Case key
- 188949
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2999 73/7/4 NR.TACOMA,WASH CHAMPION 7EC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1938 N7439B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 43, 2000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE STEILACOOM,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.BOTH SPREADER BARS CORRODED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7439B
- Reported as
- Champion 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.