19961225040279A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bbavia 7GCBC · Hollywood, FL · December 25, 1996

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Date: December 25, 1996 · 09:30 local
Place: Hollywood, FL
Airport: North Perry Airport
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N7596F
Reported as: Bbavia 7GCBC
Reported engine: Lycoming O320A2B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 2
Pilot’s flight hours: 314 total7 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N7596FRegistration cancelled Jul 7, 1998 · Champion 7GCBCS/N 23970 Airframe modelChampion 7GCBC

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What happened

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Near vertical pull up into inverted flight. Stalled. Dove into swamp. Had limited aerobatic time. Over gross weight (-23) aircraft was operated at a weight in excess of gross weight. PIC appeared to be conducting low altitude aerobatics without the benefit of a waiver. No action planned pilot deceased. The integrity of the l/h wing installation is questionable. Unable to prove.

As the FAA filed it

NEAR VERTICAL PULL UP INTO INVERTED FLIGHT. STALLED. DOVE INTO SWAMP. HAD LIMITED AEROBATIC TIME. OVER GROSS WEIGHT (-23) AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED AT A WEIGHT IN EXCESS OF GROSS WEIGHT. PIC APPEARED TO BE CONDUCTING LOW ALTITUDE AEROBATICS WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF A WAIVER. NO ACTION PLANNED PILOT DECEASED. THE INTEGRITY OF THE L/H WING INSTALLATION IS QUESTIONABLE. UNABLE TO PROVE.

Other reports on N7596F · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19960623034129IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Hollywood, FLNarrative: while landing on runway 36R, pilot stated aircraft yawed and he applied rudder with brake. The aircraft nosed over. The prop struck the ground. Minor damage and no injuries.Jun 23, 1996 · Minor damage