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| Date: | Saturday 12 August 1972 |
| Time: | 13:45 |
| Type: |  Champion 7GCAA |
| Owner/operator: | Walter Lee Roberts |
| Registration: | N6398N |
| MSN: | 144 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sherrills Ford, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Pilot medical restriction-glasses for distant vision.No correcting lenses found.Recovery from spiral
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 January 1972 | N5081X | 1 | Sanger, TX | |
w/o |
Images:
Hickory, NC at the Hickory airport hangar August 14, 1072
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Apr-2023 05:21 | InfoFam9042 | Updated |
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