- Date
- June 28, 1988, 23:50 local (Jun 29, 1988, 07:50 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9892YChampion 7GCB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880628024299A
- Case key
- 5019
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The 70 hour private pilot was attempting to take off from a private turf airstrip with her non-pilot husband onboard. As she advanced the throttle to the one-half open position, the airplane veered sharply to the left. She said that she pulled the airplane off the runway prematurely, became airborne, banked to the right, over corrected with a left bank, and then stalled the airplane. The airplane pitched down and crashed in adjacent seaplane pond. She and her husband exited the airplane without assistance and swam to shore.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9892Y
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7GCB-77
- Airframe hours
- 2,421
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mary L. Ames
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 10, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- Chena Marina
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 4 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.