Plane Crash List

Champion 7FC N7597B

9 April 1983 · Auburn, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 9 April 1983 at about 16:15 local time, a Champion 7FC registered N7597B, operated by Sunshine Flyers, was involved in an accident near Auburn, California, 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
at 16:15
Classification
Accident
Location
Auburn, California, United States
Nearest airport
Auburn Muni (AUN)
Coordinates
38.9205, -121.0705
Aircraft
Champion 7FC
Registration
N7597B
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Sunshine Flyers
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Auburn → Auburn
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX84LA247

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

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON HIS 2ST SOLO FLT. ON THE 3RD LANDING, THE ACFT BOUNCED & THE STUDENT ADDED POWER TO RECOVER. THE ACFT VEERED LEFT, & WHEN THE STUDENT OBSERVED THAT HE WAS RAPIDLY APPROACHING TREES, HE BANKED THE ACFT. THE RIGHT WING TIP IMPACTED THE GROUND & THE ACFT CRASHED. THIS WAS THE 1ST STUDENT THAT THE INSTRUCTOR HAD TRAINED TO THE POINT OF SOLOING. THE STUDENT HAD NEVER FLOWN WITH ANOTHER INSTRUCTOR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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