- Date
- March 25, 2006, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tower, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1856GAmerican Champion 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060325005079A
- Case key
- 63530
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Probable cause
The unsuitable landing area selected by the pilot which led to the subsequent nose-over. The terrain condition was a factor.
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 was damaged when it nosed over while landing on a frozen lake. The pilot reported that while landing on ice and packed snow, the left main landing wheel broke through a hole in the ice and the airplane turned to the left and then nosed over. The pilot listed no mechanical malfunctions of the airplane.
Factual narrative
On March 25, 2006, about 1130 central standard time, an American Champion 7GCBC, N1856G, piloted by a private pilot was substantially damaged when it nosed over during landing on a frozen lake near Tower, Minnesota. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The pilot was not injured. The flight originated from the Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport, Eveleth, Minnesota about 1100.
The pilot reported that while landing on ice and packed snow, the left main landing wheel broke through a hole in the ice and the airplane turned to the left and then nosed over. The pilot listed no mechanical malfunctions of the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1856G
- Reported as
- American Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- EVM · Eveleth, MN
- Destination
- Tower, MN
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
- 65
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 1,639 total · 1,639 in this make and model · 1,639 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N1856G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.