# NTSB ATL82DA259: Champion 7ECA, N2530F, Middletown, VA, September 1, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 1, 1982, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Middletown, VA
- Location: 39.0291° N, 78.2778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0291&lon=-78.2778&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 1, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71689
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DA259
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71689/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA259

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - animal(s) (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2530F-2013-06-27), registration cancelled 2013-06-27, S/N 150, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7ECA
- Registry model: [Champion 7ECA](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (registry code 21101NN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-200](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-200) (registry code 17021, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 150
- Airframe hours: 659
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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