- Date
- February 3, 1964
- Place
- Lithonia, GA · LITHONIA, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9972YChampion 7GCB
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122802
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0091 64/2/3 LITHONIA GA CHAMPION 7GCB CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1200 N9972Y PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 33, 3723 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 15 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GUNN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9972Y
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gunn
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