# NTSB CHI83FA108: Champion 7KCAB, N5277X, Reedsburg, WI, February 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 12, 1983, 10:55 local (15:55 UTC)
- Place: Reedsburg, WI
- Coordinates: 43.52946, -89.989158 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5295&lon=-89.9892&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11977
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83FA108
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11977/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA108

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, approach
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - aerobatics - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - building(nonresidential)

## Analysis

THE ACFT IMPACTED A QUONSET-TYPE BLDG WHILE APPARENTLY ON AN UNUSUAL TYPE APPROACH FOR LANDING. ONE WITNESS OBSERVED THEACFT MAKE A LOW SOUTH TO NORTH PASS OVER THE RWY & THEN PULL UP INTO A LOOP THAT CULMINATED IN THE QUONSET IMPACT. ANOTHER WITNESS OBSERVED THE ACFT FLYING SOUTH TO NORTH AT AN ESTIMATED 100-150 FT. HE SAW THE ACFT DO A HALF ROLL & THEN START A STEEP DESCENT TOWARD THE GROUND. AT 1030, IT WAS REPORTED THAT A HIGH WING, FIXED GEAR ACFT, YELLOW & WHITEIN COLOR, SIMILAR TO THE CONFIGURATION & COLOR OF N5277X, WAS MAKING LOW PASSES OVER SOME ICE FISHERMEN ON A LAKE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5277X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5277X-1984-07-12), registration cancelled 1984-07-12, S/N 213 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7KCAB
- Registry model: [Champion 7KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7kcab) (registry code 21101P3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 213
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-E1A 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James H. Roberts
- Last inspection: Annual, June 10, 1982
- Departed: LNR, LONEROCK, MI
- Airport: C35, Reedsburg, runway 18, 4,990 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; toxicology performed

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,700 ft overcast
- Temperature: 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830212003499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830212003499A), Feb 12, 1983: Bbavia 7KCAB, Reedsburg, WI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck a building and vehicles coming out of a low altitude loop. Crash occurred across a road from the airport.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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