- Date
- March 20, 2007, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Oliver Springs, TN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9596SChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Nashville FSDO-03
- Case key
- 65524
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance, resulting in an in-flight collision with an airport sign.
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 he was practicing full stop landings. On his fifth landing he flew a left hand pattern for the runway. He performed a slip on final approach and realized that the airplane was too low and also short of the runway. He added power, and believed he would be able to make the landing on the runway. During the landing flare the right main gear collided with a runway marker sign. As the airplane settled onto the runway, it veered off to the right side and collided with a ditch. The pilot did not report any flight control or mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident. Examination by an FAA inspector revealed that the right main landing gear was separated from the fuselage. Further examination revealed that the airplane's firewall and fuselage were buckled.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot he was practicing full stop landings at the Oliver Springs Airport, Oliver Springs, Tennessee. On his fifth landing he flew a left hand pattern for runway 15. He performed a slip on final approach and realized that the airplane was too low and also short of the runway. He added power, and believed he would be able to make the landing on the runway. During the landing flare the right main gear collided with a runway marker sign. As the airplane settled onto the runway, it veered off to the right side and collided with a ditch. The pilot did not report any flight control or mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident. Examination by an FAA inspector revealed that the right main landing gear was separated from the fuselage. Further examination revealed that the airplane's firewall and fuselage were buckled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9596S
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7ECA-277
- Airframe hours
- 1,541.26
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Micheal J. Matvy
- Registered owner
- Flying 64th Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 2006 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- TN08 · Oliver Springs, TN
- Destination
- TN08 · Oliver Springs, TN
- Airport
- TN08 · Oliver Springs Inc, runway 15, 2,800 × 200 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 1, 2006
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 165 total · 24 in this make and model · 88 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.37 inHg
- Observed at
- KTYS