- Date
- August 26, 1987, 11:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Devils Lake, ND
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N11024Champion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870826053269A
- Case key
- 17127
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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 acft was observed flying at low altitude and circling a farm that belonged to the plt's sister. After making two passes by the farm, the acft crashed in a corn field. The plt said he was looking for a field in which to land, and on the 2nd pass, the acft enctrd 'wing tip vortices' from the previous pass. He estd the airspeed at that time was aprx 75 to 80 mph and the acft was in about a 45 deg bank. Also, he said the left wing dropped and he initiated stall recovery procedures, but the acft hit the ground before a full recovery was made. Additionally, he stated, 'nature of accident was an accelerated turning stall.' The plt's med cert was dated 2/6/85.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11024
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4
- Airframe hours
- 1,030
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack E. Baker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 17, 1987
- Departed
- Webster, ND
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, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 208 total · 15 in this make and model · 158 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DVL, 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 N11024 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.