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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Champion 7AC · Jasper, AL · April 23, 2016

Date
April 23, 2016 · 09:20 local
Place
Jasper, AL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N82463
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA16CA178
Reported as
Champion 7AC
Reported engine
Continental A-65-8
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

On crosswind landing aircraft touched down initally on right main landing gear. Then rolled onto left main landing gear. The oleo case frame failed at the upper fuselage attach points allowing left main gear to collapse. Left wing, left horizontal stabilizor & elevator contacted the runway and were damaged. Engine had sudden stoppage as propeller contacted the runway and was damaged.

As the FAA filed it

ON CROSSWIND LANDING AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN INITALLY ON RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THEN ROLLED ONTO LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE OLEO CASE FRAME FAILED AT THE UPPER FUSELAGE ATTACH POINTS ALLOWING LEFT MAIN GEAR TO COLLAPSE. LEFT WING, LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZOR & ELEVATOR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND WERE DAMAGED. ENGINE HAD SUDDEN STOPPAGE AS PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND WAS DAMAGED.

NTSB investigation

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