Champion 7FC N9897B

10 August 1964 · Forest City Iowa, Iowa, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 10 August 1964 at about 20:30 local time, a Champion 7FC registered N9897B was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Forest City Iowa, Iowa, 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: 10 August 1964 at 20:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Forest City Iowa, Iowa, United States
Nearest airport: Forest City
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Champion 7FC
Registration: N9897B
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Practice
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-2425

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.

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WIND GUSTING TO 40 KNOTS.

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 3-2425, 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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