- Date
- April 3, 1987, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rock Rover, WY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1653GChampion 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870403038869A
- Case key
- 17188
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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 plt was using a pasture for takeoff. The winds were calm and the takeoff run was slightly uphill. There was a low spot in the pasture which was soft from melting snow. The acft did not reach takeoff speed before reaching the end of the pasture. During the overrun, the acft contacted a Rock and flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1653G
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 126
- Airframe hours
- 868
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Budd B. Palmer
- Registered owner
- Budd B. Palmer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 16, 1986 · 7 hours before
- Airport
- runway 27, 1,000 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 200 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.