# NTSB UNK65X1088: Champion 7FC, N7597B, Sparks, NV, December 22, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 22, 1964
- Place: Sparks, NV · SPARKS, NV
- Location: 39.5349° N, 119.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparks, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5349&lon=-119.7527&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 28, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180374
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1088
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1088

## NTSB brief

```
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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7FC
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Vista

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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