- Date
- May 23, 1964
- Place
- Birchwood, WI · BIRCHWOOD, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8912RChampion 7EC
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184072
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1395 64/5/23 BIRCHWOOD WISC CHAMPION 7EC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 83 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N8912R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LITTLE BIRCH LAKE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT-DOWNWIND TAKEOFF ON LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8912R
- Reported as
- Champion 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Little Birch Lake
N8912RRegistered now · Champion AERONCA 7ECAirframe modelChampion AERONCA 7ECEngine 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.