- Date
- October 3, 1991, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cartersville, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5282XChampion 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911003044879A
- Case key
- 8529
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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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft during the landing roll and the improper remedial action taken by the pilot to regain control of the airplane.
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 stated that after landing, he lost control of the aircraft. He applied full power in an attempt to regain control of the airplane on the ground, but the airplane became airborne instead. He realized that he could not clear obstacles in his flight path and elected to land the aircraft in the rough terrain on the side of the runway. The aircraft received substantial damage, however, neither the pilot nor his passenger were injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5282X
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 216
- Airframe hours
- 1,508
- Engine
- Lycoming 10-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Shank, Allen & Carter, F. J.
- Registered owner
- Shank, Allen & Carter, F. J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 10, 1991 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- RYY · Kennesaw, GA
- Airport
- 6A0 · Barton Co., runway 18, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 975 total · 11 in this make and model · 925 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK, 33 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.