- Date
- July 20, 1985, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Chattanooga, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1642GChampion 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850720037579A
- Case key
- 21804
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt lost directional control while landing in a crosswind and the acft ground looped after the left main landing gear contacted soft terrain alongside of the runway. The nearest official aviation weather reporting station was at lawton, OK, located 16 miles northeast of the accident site. Their wind at the time of the accident was from 150 degs at 7 KTS. The plt landed on rwy 17.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1642G
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 169
- Airframe hours
- 775
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lawton Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Harry E. Susan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 92F · Chattanooga, OK
- Airport
- 92F · Chattanooga Sky Harbor, runway 17, 3,400 × 60 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 378 total · 18 in this make and model · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAW
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 N1642G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.