20090627857209A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Champion 7GCAA · Ware, MA · June 27, 2009

Date
June 27, 2009 · 13:00 local
Place
Ware, MA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1879G
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA09CA553
Reported as
Champion 7GCAA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total750 in this make and model

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

06/03/2010PER the pilot, privacy data omitted on 27 June 2009 at 1300 hrs I was flying back from turners falls airport (OB5), after a fresh annual and I was landing on my personal grass strip on my property, (uwa) runway 20, during approach, at approx 3 feet, 55 knots, the aircraft stalled, landed a little hard, it then ground looped and flipped over, but I was not hurt". I privacy data omitted inspected the aircraft and noted the following damage:one blade tip of the propeller is bent back 30 degrees, the r/wing strut is damaged/bent in multiple locations, aft of the engine on the lower side of the fuselage has deformed sheet metal on the left and right sides. The rudder and empanage is very badly damaged, it is twisted 5 degrees to the left and the top of the rudder is pushed down/crushed approx 12 inches.

As the FAA filed it

06/03/2010PER THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON 27 JUNE 2009 AT 1300 HRS I WAS FLYING BACK FROM TURNERS FALLS AIRPORT (OB5), AFTER A FRESH ANNUAL AND I WAS LANDING ON MY PERSONAL GRASS STRIP ON MY PROPERTY, (UWA) RUNWAY 20, DURING APPROACH, AT APPROX 3 FEET, 55 KNOTS, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, LANDED A LITTLE HARD, IT THEN GROUND LOOPED AND FLIPPED OVER, BUT I WAS NOT HURT". I ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTED THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE:ONE BLADE TIP OF THE PROPELLER IS BENT BACK 30 DEGREES, THE R/WING STRUT IS DAMAGED/BENT IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, AFT OF THE ENGINE ON THE LOWER SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE HAS DEFORMED SHEET METAL ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES. THE RUDDER AND EMPANAGE IS VERY BADLY DAMAGED, IT IS TWISTED 5 DEGREES TO THE LEFT AND THE TOP OF THE RUDDER IS PUSHED DOWN/CRUSHED APPROX 12 INCHES.

NTSB investigation

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