- Date
- December 26, 1992, 10:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Weatherford, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9891BChampion 7EC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921226051669A
- Case key
- 18630
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Probable cause
An engine failure for undetermined reasons. The lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing was 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
After a low pass down the runway at a private air strip, the pilot applied throttle to go around and the engine did not respond. He subsequently landed straight ahead in a rough wet pasture. During the landing roll he had to apply maximum braking to avoid a tree line and the airplane nosed over. The icing probability charts predicted carburetor icing at glide and cruise power settings. The pilot stated that he used carburetor heat. However, the length of time and degree of application was not reported. No cause for the power loss was determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9891B
- Reported as
- Champion 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 211
- Airframe hours
- 2,657
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Riley, William K.
- Registered owner
- Riley, William K.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 21, 1992 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- WEA
- Destination
- 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 531 total · 63 in this make and model · 355 as pilot in command · 64 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 25 °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 N9891B · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.