- Date
- July 24, 1986, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Alliance, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N982GChampion 7E6A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860724035299A
- Case key
- 7158
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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.
Analysis
During the second landing attempt, the pilot lost directional control and ground looped. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the pilot received minor injuries. The pilot did not report any aircraft problems. The pilot had completed a student pilot solo endorsement flight within 90 days of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N982G
- Reported as
- Champion 7E6A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 321
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William D. Quinn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 21, 1986 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- Barba, runway 27, 2,350 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 163 total · 112 in this make and model · 83 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N982G · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.