- Date
- March 5, 1987, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Erie, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2629GChampion 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870305005329A
- Case key
- 17173
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Airspeed - inadequateCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Acft lifted off at slow airspeed and stalled/mushed back to rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2629G
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James T. Haselwood
- Registered owner
- James T Haselwood
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 3, 1986
- Airport
- 48V · Tri-County, runway 15, 5,400 × 75 ft, asphalt
N2629GRegistration cancelled Jun 30, 2017 · Champion 7KCABAirframe modelChampion 7KCABEngine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 531 total · 32 in this make and model · 373 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 48V, 5 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 N2629G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.