# Accident 20130902023309A: Champion 7GCB, Pearsall, TX, September 2, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2013, 15:00 local time
- Place: Pearsall, TX
- Airport: Mckinley Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8222° N, 99.1089° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8222&lon=-99.1089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9967Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9967Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCB (registry code 21101PC, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GCB
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 16,400 total, 28 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA518](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA518) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130902023309A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT REPORTED DURING A LOCAL FLIGHT THE RIGHT RUDDER CABLE BROKE, WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT.  DURING THE APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY HE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL, BUT DURING THE LANDING FLAIR HE WAS UN ABLE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT OF CENTER LINE., HE INITIATED A GO AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND IMPACTED TREES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN13LA518](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA518), Sep 2, 2013: American Champion 7GCB (N9967Y), Pearsall, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the rudder cable due to electrical arcing damage from contact with an unguarded battery and the pilot's subsequent loss of control during the go-around.

## Other reports on N9967Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19871008062939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871008062939A), Oct 8, 1987: Bbavia 7GCB (N9967Y), Warrensburg, MO, Substantial damage. Hard landing damaged all four wing spars. Pilot believed damage done prior purchase of aircraft. Not substantiated.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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