# NTSB FTW84FA272: Champion 7GCAA, N1835G, Lone Wolf, OK, June 13, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 13, 1984, 15:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place: Lone Wolf, OK
- Coordinates: 34.990287, -99.240379 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9903&lon=-99.2404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21127
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84FA272
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21127/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA272

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command
  - qualification, pilot in command
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command
  - pull-up - initiated, pilot in command
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - open field

## Analysis

WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE PLT MADE A LOW PASS BY EACH OF HIS 2 SONS WHO WERE OPERATING COMBINES IN A WHEAT FIELD. AFTER MAKING THE LOW PASSES, HE PULLED UP IN A STEEP CLIMB. THE ACFT THEN ENTERED A STEEP DESCENT & CRASHED. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT, MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE. A TOXICOLOGICAL CHECK OF THE PLT'S BLOOD SHOWED A BLOOD/ALCOHOL LEVEL OF O.276%. PRIOR TO THE FLT, THE PLT INDICATED THAT HE INTENDED TO CHECK ON THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK THAT HIS SONS WERE PERFORMING. THE PLT'S LAST MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS ISSUED ON 12/10/76. HIS LAST BIENNIAL FLT REVIEW WAS ON 10/29/74.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1835G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GCAA
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 186
- Airframe hours: 1623
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-A2B 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Charles K Wood
- Registered owner: Custer City Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, February 9, 1983, 50 hours before
- Departed: CLK, CLINTON, OK
- Destination: OK11, MANGUM, OK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: front; toxicology performed; flight hours: 372 total, 260 in this make and model, 337 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HBR, 6 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 19840613058559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840613058559A), Jun 13, 1984: Bbavia 7GCAA, Lone Wolf, OK, Destroyed. Pulled up vertical after buzzing field workers. Aircraft stalled crashed and burned. Blood alcohol indicated level.

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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