- Date
- April 4, 1992, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Weatherford, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9153LChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920404008969A
- Case key
- 18472
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout, and the ensuing inadvertent stall during the aborted landing due to the jammed elevator. A factor was the crosswind.
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
A private pilot lost directional control of his tailwheel equipped airplane during the landing roll. The airplane yawed to the left and departed the runway impacting an embankment. The pilot applied power to regain control and abort the landing. The collision with the embankment caused the elevator to become jammed in the full up position. When power was added, the full up elevator resulted in an excessive angle of attack and the airplane stalled. The airplane collided with a parked airplane prior to coming to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9153L
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 811-71
- Airframe hours
- 914
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Freddy H. Pate, doing business as Flight Dynamics, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Freddy H. Pate
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 4, 1991 · 97 hours before
- Departed
- F54 · Arlington, TX
- Airport
- WEA · Parker County, runway 35, 2,889 × 40 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 154 total · 8 in this make and model · 145 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MWS, 15 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.