- Date
- July 4, 1991, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hill City, SD
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1844GChampion 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910704025769A
- Case key
- 15114
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Probable cause
Poor preflight planning by the pilot and over confidence in the aircrafts ability. Factors related to the accident were a high density altitude and a proper climb rate not attained.
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 pilot said that after lift off he was unable to climb and avoid power lines at the end of the field. Flight was attempted under high density altitude conditions from a 1100 foot strip. The aircraft collided with the power lines, then the terrain. Density altitude was about 8300 feet MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1844G
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 84
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bruce Anspaugh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- NONE · Kelly, runway 18, 1,100 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 22,390 total · 2,085 in this make and model · 2,179 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 102 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RAP, 20 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.