- Date
- September 1, 1982, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Middletown, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2530FChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71689
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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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - animal(s)Factor
Aborted takeoff - performedFactor
Go-around - initiatedFactor
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
During approach to an uphill & narrow strip, animals crossed the rwy. A go-around was initiated & the acft drifted into trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2530F
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150
- Airframe hours
- 659
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- J.F. Sheehy
- Registered owner
- Orlin Teachout
- Departed
- FRR · Front Royal, VA
- Destination
- Middletown, VA
- Airport
- 10 · Greatland Farm, runway 31, 2,800 × 0 ft, gravel
N2530FRegistration cancelled Jun 27, 2013 · Champion 7ECAAirframe modelChampion 7ECAEngine modelContinental IO-200
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,562 total · 62 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg