- Date
- November 11, 2002, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Faulkton, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2557FChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20021111034449A
- Case key
- 56229
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Probable cause
The directional control not maintained during an after landing taxi on the runway by the student pilot. The student pilot's lack of experience and downhill terrain off the runway were contributing factors.
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 airplane received substantial damage when it veered off the runway during an after landing taxi on the runway. The airplane then went downhill into a gully and nosed over. The airplane was piloted by a student pilot on a solo flight. The student pilot accumulated a total flight time of 23.7 hours, of which 5.8 hours was solo flight time.
Factual narrative
On November 11, 2002, at 1300 central standard time, a Champion 7ECA, N2557F, operated by Faulk County Flying Club as an instructional airplane, received substantial damage during taxi after landing at Faulkton Municipal Airport (3FU), Faulkton, South Dakota. The airplane was being piloted by a student pilot when it veered off the runway and nosed over during taxi. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed on the day of the accident. The student solo flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 91. The student pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from 3FU.
The student pilot stated that he just completed the best landing ever made. The airplane veered off the runway while taxiing, went downhill into a gully, and nosed over.
The student pilot accumulated a total flight time of 23.7 hours, of which 5.8 hours was solo flight time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2557F
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 186
- Engine
- Lycoming O235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Faulk County Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3FU · Faulkton, SD
- Destination
- 3FU
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- 3FU · Faulkton Muni, runway 31, 3,000 × 60 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
- 39
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 24 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- ABR, 31 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.