Champion 7GCB N9895Y
28 February 1970 · San Ysidro, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 28 February 1970 at about 11:28 local time, a Champion 7GCB registered N9895Y was involved in an accident during in flight near San Ysidro, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 11:28
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- San Ysidro, California, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Champion 7GCB
- Registration
- N9895Y
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Towing Gliders
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Gnats Glider Fld, Cal → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0161
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
GLIDER CAUGHT SEVERE UPDRAFT.TOW LINE RELEASED LATE.TOW ACFT LOST SPEED AT TOO LOW ALT TO RECOVER.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Albany, New York, United States | McIntyre Aviat | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1970 | N American SNJ-4 | Dothan, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Ridgely, Maryland, United States | Charles B Todd | No injuries | - |
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| 12 Dec 1970 | Aeronca 11AC | Butler, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |