- Date
- June 25, 1992, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Oxford, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1652GChampion 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920625025599A
- Case key
- 15479
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Probable cause
Was the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing. Factors related to the accident were the pilot's lack of experience in tail wheel airplanes and the gusty wind conditions.
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 lost directional control of the airplane during a landing in gusty wind conditions. The airplane traveled through an open grass field and into a creek where it sustained substantial damage. This flight was the pilot's first solo flight in a tail-wheel airplane following three hours of dual instruction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1652G
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 122
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Green Castle Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Green Castle Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- IA24 · Green Castle, runway 33, 2,600 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 96 total · 3 in this make and model · 59 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CID, 8 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.
Other investigations on N1652G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.