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Champion 7AC N3118E

13 September 1981 · Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 13 September 1981 at about 11:45 local time, a Champion 7AC registered N3118E was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 11:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
Nearest airport
Stone Mountain
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Champion 7AC
Registration
N3118E
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
S → Local
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-2070

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

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

R BRAKE CABLE HOUSING BROKEN, UN FULLY APPLY R BRAKE.TAILWHEEL SPRING TENSIONS UNEVEN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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