- Date
- August 23, 1975
- Place
- Antelope, OR · ANTELOPE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9958YChampion 7GCB
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750823027239A
- Case key
- 150772
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2811 75/8/23 NR.ANTELOPE,OR CHAMPION 7GCB CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0945 N9958Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 28, 2404 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 280 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EARL SMITH RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION THE DALLES,OR ANTELOPE,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 50 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GUSTING TO 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9958Y
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Earl Smith Ranch
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Other investigations on N9958Y · 1
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