20110618013619A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Champion 7FC · Wellsville, PA · June 18, 2011

Date
June 18, 2011 · 09:30 local
Place
Wellsville, PA
Airport
Shrevesport North
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7583E
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11CA366
Reported as
Champion 7FC
Reported engine
Continental C90 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
211 total162 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

During approach to land rwy 24 at airfield 62PA, pilot stalled aircraft over turf runway at approximately 10 feet above ground level. Aircraft landed hard and the nose landing gear collapsed. Aircraft flipped over and came to rest inverted on the runway centerline. No injuries sustained by sole occupant.

As the FAA filed it

DURING APPROACH TO LAND RWY 24 AT AIRFIELD 62PA, PILOT STALLED AIRCRAFT OVER TURF RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. NO INJURIES SUSTAINED BY SOLE OCCUPANT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.