- Date
- November 26, 1992, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Troy, TN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1115EChampion 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921126047879A
- Case key
- 8706
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, his failure to attain a proper climb rate, and the inadvertent stalling of the aircraft while attempting to avoid high obstructions (trees). Factors were the rough, uneven runway conditions, the high obstructions, and the tail wind conditions at the field.
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 private pilot was taking off from an unprepared, grass farm field. Tailwind conditions prevailed in the direction of takeoff. On the initial climb, he realized that the aircraft would not clear a row of trees at the south end of the field. He initiated a left turn to avoid the trees, and the aircraft stalled. The aircraft then collided with the ground in a nose low attitude. An inspection of the takeoff surface revealed areas of rough, uneven terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1115E
- Reported as
- Champion 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-4670
- Engine
- Continental A65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dugger, Robert S.
- Registered owner
- Dugger, Robert S.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 14, 1992
- Destination
- NONE · Union City, TN
- Airport
- NONE
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 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 300 in this make and model · 600 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DYR, 24 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.