- Date
- September 23, 1964
- Place
- Sioux Falls, SD · SIOUX FALLS, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9866BChampion 7FC
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181258
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2994 64/9/23 SIOUX FALLS S DAK CHAMPION 7FC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 108 TIME - 0740 N9866B PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FOSS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GUSTY WINDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9866B
- Reported as
- Champion 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Foss
N9866BRegistration cancelled Mar 21, 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.
Other investigations on N9866B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.