20221025016299A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Champion 7FC · North Polk City, FL · October 25, 2022

Date
October 25, 2022 · 11:50 local
Place
North Polk City, FL
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6ND
Reported as
Champion 7FC
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
169 total32 in this make and model10 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.

privacy data omittedA 158 Champion aircraft, experienced a control malfunction while doing maneuvers north of 4FD7 airport. The aircraft wanted to start climbing and yawing to the left uncommanded. The pilot tried to regain control of the aircraft while descending. In an attempt to regain lateral control, the pilot was able to land the aircraft in an open farm field north of 4FD7. During the process of force landing, the aircraft hit several trees and substained major damage to its fuselage, engine, propeller and wings. Upon landing, the pilot was able to walk away from the aircraft and notify the local FSDO of the event.

During a telephone conversation, the pilot stated that his privacy data omitted found a pair of headsets lodged in the rudder pedals.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^A 158 CHAMPION AIRCRAFT, EXPERIENCED A CONTROL MALFUNCTION WHILE DOING MANEUVERS NORTH OF 4FD7 AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WANTED TO START CLIMBING AND YAWING TO THE LEFT UNCOMMANDED. THE PILOT TRIED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE DESCENDING. IN AN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN LATERAL CONTROL, THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN AN OPEN FARM FIELD NORTH OF 4FD7. DURING THE PROCESS OF FORCE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT HIT SEVERAL TREES AND SUBSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE TO ITS FUSELAGE, ENGINE, PROPELLER AND WINGS. UPON LANDING, THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO WALK AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTIFY THE LOCAL FSDO OF THE EVENT.

DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION, THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOUND A PAIR OF HEADSETS LODGED IN THE RUDDER PEDALS.