- Date
- April 25, 1993, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Duluth, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9902YChampion 7GCBA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930425018819A
- Case key
- 15701
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Probable cause
Pilot in command failed to maintain directional control.
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
Following a three-point landing, the pilot added power for another takeoff in a light crosswind, and became airborne in a slight right bank. The pilot was unable to maintain directional control and his right wing tip struck the water in a nearby lake substantially damaging the aircraft and causing it to turn 180 degrees from its intended heading as it came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9902Y
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7GCBA-8
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Scott D. Anderson
- Registered owner
- Scott D. Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- D36 · Sky Harbor, runway 14, 3,051 × 75 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 277 total · 3 in this make and model · 147 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLH, 10 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.