- Date
- November 25, 1989, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Shawnee, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2553FChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891125052449A
- Case key
- 23079
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed during the turn after takeoff, which resulted in a stall. The obstructions (trees) were a factor.
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 took off from a wheat field into the wind. He stated that because of trees at the end of the takeoff area, he entered a right turn at an altitude of about 90 feet AGL. During the turn, the airplane nosed down and impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2553F
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108
- Airframe hours
- 1,975
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mccurdy, Ronald D.
- Registered owner
- Crabtree Aircraft Co., Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 3, 1989 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- GOK · Guthrie, OK
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 560 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OKC, 35 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.