Champion 7AC N84178

3 April 1975 · San Augustine, Texas, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 3 April 1975 at about 12:50 local time, a Champion 7AC registered N84178 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near San Augustine, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 April 1975 at 12:50
Classification: Accident
Location: San Augustine, Texas, United States
Nearest airport: Strip
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Champion 7AC
Registration: N84178
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0575

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	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

AUTO GAS IN TANK.LOST CTL TRYING TO RET TO FLD.

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 3-0575, 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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