- Date
- September 20, 1964
- Place
- Humacao, PR · HUMACAO, PR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8915RChampion 7FC
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180542
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3898 64/9/20 HUMACAO PR CHAMPION 7FC CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 53, 50 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N8915R PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUMACAO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SEDEMENT OF UNDISCLOSED ORIGIN FOUND IN AIRPORT REFUELING STORAGE TANKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8915R
- Reported as
- Champion 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Humacao
N8915RRegistration cancelled Jan 24, 2017 · Aeronca 7FCAirframe modelAeronca 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.