- Date
- April 4, 1975
- Place
- Puyallup, WA · PUYALLUP, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N10986Champion 7ACA
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750404007759A
- Case key
- 146847
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0996 75/4/4 PUYALLUP,WA CHAMPION 7ACA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 79 TOTAL TIME - 0700 N10986 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PUYALLUP INDUST. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUYALLUP,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- HIGH TREES ON ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10986
- Reported as
- Champion 7ACA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Puyallup Indust.
N10986Registration cancelled Apr 4, 2017 · Bellanca 7ACAAirframe modelBellanca 7ACAEngine modelFranklin 2A4 series
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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.