- Date
- January 14, 1973
- Place
- Claremont, NH · CLAREMONT, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4832EChampion 7GC
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730114000559A
- Case key
- 173511
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0003 73/1/14 CLAREMONT,NH CHAMPION 7GC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 422 TIME - 1215 N4832E PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - CLAREMONT MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRINGFIELD,VT CLAREMONT,NH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PIC DIVERTED ATTENTION TO CRASHED ACFT OFF RUNWAY WIND GUSTING 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4832E
- Reported as
- Champion 7GC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Claremont Mun
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.