- Date
- December 22, 1964
- Place
- Sparks, NV · SPARKS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7597BChampion 7FC
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180374
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3797 64/12/22 SPARKS NEV CHAMPION 7FC CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N7597B PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 29, 496 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 164 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VISTA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 2800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TEMPERATURE-F LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES 55 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 215 40 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WINDS GUSTING TO 40 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7597B
- Reported as
- Champion 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vista