- Date
- June 27, 1987, 17:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Monahans, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2500FChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870627027329A
- Case key
- 22255
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Witnesses stated that upon departure the pilot pulled the aircraft up abruptly and rolled into a very steep right climbing turn. After about 20 minutes the pilot returned to the airport due to weather conditions along his porposed route of flight. Over the airport he pulled the aircraft into a vertical climb and entered a hammerhead stall at an EST alt of 200-400 ft AGL. The aircraft was observed to descend into the ground in a steep nose down attitude. There was no evidence of physical or mechanical problems and weather was not involved as a causal factors.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2500F
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 135
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William R. Gruetter
- Registered owner
- F.E. Green
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- E01 · Monahans, TX
- Airport
- E01 · Roy Hurd Memorial, runway 12, 4,270 × 80 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 526 total · 23 in this make and model · 387 as pilot in command · 108 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N2500F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.