- Date
- May 1, 1992, 08:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- South Boston, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1837GChampion 7GCAA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920501013279A
- Case key
- 11780
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain obstacle clearance which resulted in inflight collision with a powerline.
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 did a simulated forced landing, using an open field. During the go around the airplane struck powerlines, damaging the right wing. The pilot was able to continue flight and he proceeded to a local airport and landed without incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1837G
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 180
- Airframe hours
- 1,845
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward Nixon
- Registered owner
- Edward Nixon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1991 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- TRI · Bristol, TN
- Destination
- W36 · Chesapeake, VA
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,379 total · 146 in this make and model · 1,241 as pilot in command · 294 in the last 90 days · 102 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAN, 20 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.