- Date
- March 28, 1988, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9061BChampion 7EC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 5023
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The private pilot lost directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. The aircraft groundlooped to the left, striking a fence. The pilot reported that he came in high and hurried his approach to fit in with the flow of air traffic at the controlled field.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9061B
- Reported as
- Champion 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 640
- Airframe hours
- 1,175
- Engine
- Continental C90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gilbert E. Cleaves
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 18, 1987 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- Z22 · Willow, AK
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill, runway 33, 2,469 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 364 total · 266 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
Other investigations on N9061B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.