- Date
- October 8, 1989, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Montague Island, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5222XChampion 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19891008039369A
- Case key
- 5315
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Probable cause
Selection of unsuitable terrain by the pilot. Contributing factors were: rough terrain, gusty winds, high vegetation, and trees.
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 plt rprtd that he was landing on an unimproved/rough sandbar when the acdnt occurred. He stated that after touchdown, the acft had traveled about 50 ft, when rough terrain & a slight gust of wind caused it to bounce sideways. Subsequently, the right wingtip hit small bushes, which yawed the acft to the right. It then veered into alders & small trees. The plt estimated the wind was from 010 deg at 10 gusting 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5222X
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 223
- Airframe hours
- 1,400
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Kagerer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 28, 1989 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- Anchorage, AK
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 624 total · 624 in this make and model · 583 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.