Champion 7GCBC N5081X
18 January 1972 · Sanger, Texas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 18 January 1972 at about 17:40 local time, a Champion 7GCBC registered N5081X was involved in an accident during in flight near Sanger, Texas, 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 17:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Sanger, Texas, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Champion 7GCBC
- Registration
- N5081X
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0284
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
ACFT ENTERED SPIN APRXLY 1500FT AGL, SPIN WAS ARRESTED TOO LOW.HIT GND IN STEEP NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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