# NTSB UNK64X0696: Champion 7GCB, N9909Y, Split Rock, WY, February 26, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 26, 1964
- Place: Split Rock, WY · SPLIT ROCK, WY
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 31, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119967
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0696
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0696

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0047  64/2/26    SPLIT ROCK WY       CHAMPION 7GCB       CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N9909Y              PX-  1  0  0  HUNTING                   AGE 29, 1216 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            141 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9909Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9909Y-1970-07-28), registration cancelled 1970-07-28, S/N 7GCB-135 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GCB
- Registry model: [Champion 7GCB](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcb) (registry code 21101PC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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