- Date
- May 8, 1994, 17:30 local (May 9, 1994, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Circle Hot Spri, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1648GChampion 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19940508014269A
- Case key
- 2500
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control and his lack of experience in crosswind landings.
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 pilot-in-command had not flown in a year and had just purchased this airplane. He received a biennial flight review which included a 'dozen or so' landings. He was attempting to land in a 15 knot crosswind and lost control of the airplane while he was attempting to retract his flaps.
Factual narrative
On May 8, 1994, at 1730 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Champion airplane, N1648G, registered to and operated by the Pilot-in-Command, ran off the runway at Circle Hot Springs, Alaska. The personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, departed Fairbanks, Alaska, at 1615 and the destination was Circle Hot Springs. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and the airplane was substantially damaged. The Pilot-in- Command, the sole occupant, was not injured.
According to the Pilot-in-Command, he had not flown for approximately a year. He just purchased this airplane and completed a biennial flight review which included a "dozen or so" landings. He stated he landed with a 15 knot crosswind and was attempting to retract his flaps. The airplane veered into the wind and ran off the side of the runway and down a small embankment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1648G
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 129
- Airframe hours
- 1,020
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Warner, Carl E.
- Registered owner
- Warner, Carl E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 1993 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CHP · Circle Hot Springs, runway 28, 3,700 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 370 total · 4 in this make and model · 370 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.