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FTW73DPA22

1973-01-14 · DENISON, Texas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N9921Y

Make / Model
CHAMPION AERONCA 7FC
Year of manufacture
1962 · 11 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES (95 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19620501
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADDCA3

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CHAMPION 7FC · N9921Y
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Airport
MCKEON
Kind of flying
B1

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000452

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
91
Age
17

Investigator remarks

SIMULATED FORCED LDG.HIT TREES DRG RECOVERY.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/53 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Joint cause
  • 64/J/35 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Joint cause
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
  • 88/J/85 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0178. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0178.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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