- Date
- October 25, 1992, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Carroll, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9507SChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921025043199A
- Case key
- 15615
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft directional control while landing in crosswind 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 private pilot was landing the taildragger airplane on runway 13, with winds reported out of 220 degrees at 12 knots. He stated during the approach 'everything looked fine. I had the right wing down and was using left rudder to maintain runway heading. I was able to fly down the runway centerline without a problem so I gradually pulled the power back, flared slowly and landed on the centerline.' The pilot reported as the airplane decelerated, it began to veer to the right, and he '...could not stop it.' The airplane departed the right side of the runway and skidded into soft dirt, collapsing the landing gear. The pilot stated he '...should have anticipated using lots of brake pressure....as the airplane slowed, the rudder effectiveness decreased and I lost control.' The pilot's written statement indicated a total flight time of 74 hours, of which 63 hours were in the accident make and model aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9507S
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7ECA-254
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carroll Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Great Planes Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- CIN
- Airport
- CIN · Carroll Municipal, runway 13, 4,005 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 74 total · 63 in this make and model · 33 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 14 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.