Aviation Crash Map

Champion 7GCBC N7552F

26 March 1982 · New Smyrna Beac, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 March 1982 at about 20:20 local time, a Champion 7GCBC registered N7552F, operated by Robert E. Lowrey, was involved in an accident near New Smyrna Beac, Florida, 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 20:20
Classification
Accident
Location
New Smyrna Beac, Florida, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Champion 7GCBC
Registration
N7552F
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Robert E. Lowrey
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
New Smyrna Beac → New Smyrna Beac
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MIA82DA087

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 PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING A BANNER PICK UP, HE MISSED THE BANNER, AND ON CLIMB OUT, HE ENCOUNTER WINDSHEAR AND STALLED. THE PLANE CRASHED BEFORE RECOVERING FROM THE STALL. HE REPORTED THAT THE WIND WAS GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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