Champion 7KCAB N88442

17 February 1975 · Abita Springs, Louisiana, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 February 1975 at about 13:45 local time, a Champion 7KCAB registered N88442, operated by St.tammany AVI, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Abita Springs, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 February 1975 at 13:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Abita Springs, Louisiana, United States
Nearest airport: Prevette
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Champion 7KCAB
Registration: N88442
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: St.tammany AVI
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Training
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0118

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

ALT AIR VALVE CRACKED ALONG SHAFT.PART OF VALVE LODGED UNDER FUEL INJECTOR AIR PASSAGE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0118, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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