- Date
- January 18, 1987, 13:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- La Crosse, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N9999YChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870118000729A
- Case key
- 13572
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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
After the third try at an engine start the eng started and ran at full throttle. The plt could not reduce RPM. To avoid striking two parked acft the plt struck a hangar. Post accident investigation revealed that the throttle cable was not operating properly. The plt later stated that the brakes could not overcome the thrust of full throttle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9999Y
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7ECA2
- Airframe hours
- 2,097
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles Young
- Registered owner
- Roger Ringelman/Gary Olstad
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 10, 1986 · 19 hours before
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- LSE · Lacrosse Muni.
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 37 total · 22 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LSE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.