- Date
- February 27, 1964
- Place
- Yucca Valley, CA · YUCCA VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7510BChampion 7FC
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185805
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0265 64/2/27 NR.YUCCA VALLEY CAL CHAMPION 7FC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1710 N7510B PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 28, 383 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 10 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GIANT ROCK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7510B
- Reported as
- Champion 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Giant Rock
N7510BRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Champion 7FCAirframe modelChampion 7FCEngine modelContinental C90 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.