- Date
- May 30, 1975
- Place
- Ellensburg, WA · ELLENSBURG, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9093BChampion 7FC
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149215
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1895 75/5/30 ELLENSBURG,WA CHAMPION 7FC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 348 TIME - 1745 N9093B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOWERS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EPHRATA,WA ELLENSBURG,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- GUSTING TO 30K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9093B
- Reported as
- Champion 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bowers Field
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