# NTSB DEN86LA253: Champion 7ECA, N1634G, Hurricane, UT, September 24, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 24, 1986, 13:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Hurricane, UT
- Coordinates: 37.039264, -113.210151 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0393&lon=-113.2102&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17050
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA253
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17050/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA253

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind
  - proper alignment - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment

## Analysis

UPON MAKING A NORMAL LANDING THE AIRCRAFT GROUNDLOOPED TO THE RIGHT, IMPACTING WITH AN EMBANKMENT. AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN AND TOUCHED DOWN IN SOFT EARTH, NOSED OVER AND SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES OCCURRED ON THIS VFR TRAINING FLIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1634G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1634G), registered now, S/N 629, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7ECA
- Registry model: [Champion 7ECA](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (registry code 21101NN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 629
- Airframe hours: 1191
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-C1 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Steven L. Nelson
- Registered owner: Steven Lee Nelson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 9, 1986, 4 hours before
- Departed: 1L8, HURRICANE, UT
- Airport: IL8, Hurricane, runway 18, 3,400 × 45 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 650 total, 10 in this make and model, 620 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature: 63 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CDC, 36 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860924046219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860924046219A), Sep 24, 1986: Bbavia 7ECA, Hurricane, UT, Substantial damage. Lost control and ground looped on landing. Left the runway and nosed over unskilled in tail wheel aircraft.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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