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IAD77FIA23

1977-08-28 · BRANDYWINE, Maryland, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CHAMPION 7ACA · N9110L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
MAGRUDER FARM
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000071-1
Total time
494 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,000
Age
46

Investigator remarks

STALLED DRG TURN.

Cause factors

  • 74/C/KA C
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
  • 64/B/20 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
  • 88/B/07 B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2944. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2944.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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