- Date
- December 23, 2005, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Platteville, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7592BChampion 7EC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Milwaukee, WI, FSDO
- FAA report
- 20051223032389A
- Case key
- 63051
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Probable cause
The student pilot not maintaining directional control during the landing. A factor was the snow bank the pilot encountered.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The tailwheel airplane sustained substantial damage on impact with a snow bank and subsequently nosed over when the airplane departed the runway during landing. The student pilot stated, "Touched down, plane did a little hop and then landed straight. Plane began to swerve left - I corrected, not enough tailwheel response to get back straight. Went off runway at intersection of 25-33 into snow. Hit snow bank and plane nosed over and then on back." The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane in reference to the flight.
Factual narrative
On December 23, 2005, about 1430 central standard time, a Champion 7EC tailwheel airplane, N7592B, piloted by a student pilot, sustained substantial damage on impact with a snow bank and subsequently nosed over when the airplane departed runway 25 during landing at the Platteville Municipal Airport (PVB), near Platteville, Wisconsin. The solo instructional flight was operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was on file. The student pilot reported sustaining minor injuries. The local flight originated from PVB at 1420.
The pilot's accident report stated:
Had perfect approach, centered on runway 25, wings level. Touched
down, plane did a little hop and then landed straight. Plane began to
swerve left - I corrected, not enough tailwheel response to get back
straight. Went off runway at intersection of 25-33 into snow. Hit
snow bank and plane nosed over and then on back.
The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane in reference to the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7592B
- Reported as
- Champion 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7EC-619
- Airframe hours
- 2,521
- Engine
- Continental C90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James K. Hughes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 2005
- Departed
- PVB · Platteville, WI
- Destination
- PVB
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
- 48
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 11 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.61 inHg
- Observed at
- MRJ
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 N7592B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.