- Date
- May 16, 1989, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- St George, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7525EChampion 7EC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890516012739A
- Case key
- 17712
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for the wind conditions by the pilot. The gusty crosswind, soft terrain, and ditch were contributing factors.
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 practicing touch-&-go landings on rwy 16 with a westerly wind estimated at 5 gusting 15 KTS. On the 3rd apch, he elected to make a full stop landing. Drg the landing roll, a gust weather-vaned the plane to the right; corrective action was not effective. Subsequently, the plane went off the right side of the rwy, encountered soft terrain & a ditch, then nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7525E
- Reported as
- Champion 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7EC-670
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harrer, Darryl L.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- SGU
- Destination
- SGU
- Airport
- SGU · St George Muni, runway 16, 6,100 × 100 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 233 total · 90 in this make and model · 137 as pilot in command · 87 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N7525E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.