Champion 7FC N9886B
28 August 1967 · Billings, Montana, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 August 1967 at about 11:58 local time, a Champion 7FC registered N9886B, operated by Aero 10 Club, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Billings, Montana, 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 11:58
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Billings, Montana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Logan
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Champion 7FC
- Registration
- N9886B
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Aero 10 Club
- Operating rule
- Flying Club
- Purpose of flight
- Solo
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3529
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
NOSE GEAR UPPER SHOCK STRUT ATTACH FITTING FAILED. ACFT USED IN ROUGH FIELD OPERATION CUSTOMARILY.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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