Champion 7ECA N9548S

Summary

On 31 March 1983 at about 06:40 local time, a Champion 7ECA registered N9548S was involved in an accident near Georgetown, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 March 1983 at 06:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Georgetown, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Champion 7ECA

Registration

N9548S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fremont → Auburn

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX83FVG10

1 person died.

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 ACFT COLLIDED WITH A MOUNTAINSIDE AT THE 3500 FT LEVEL IN A 45 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AFTER COLLIDING WITH A 30 FT TREE DURING IMC WEATHER ON A DARK NIGHT. THERE IS NO RECORD THAT THE PLT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING. THE PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED AND NO FLT PLAN WAS FILED. WITNESSES IN THE ACCIDENT AREA SAID THE NIGHT WAS STORMY WITH RAIN. THERE WERE NO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE FLT BUT THE ACFT RADIO WAS TUNED TO THE EMERGENCY FREQUENCY OF 121.5 MHZ. THE INTEGRITY AND CONTINUITY OF ALL CONTROLS WAS VERIFIED. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF AN IN-FLT STRUCTURAL OR POWER FAILURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.