- Date
- May 25, 1993, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Vernon, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7554FChampion 7GCAA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930525015109A
- Case key
- 18756
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that after a normal touchdown, the airplane veered right and he was unable to regain control. The airplane departed the right side of the runway, struck a runway light and nosed over. There was a 70 degree, 10 knot crosswind from the right
Factual narrative
On Tuesday, May 25, 1993, at approximately 1700 central daylight time, a Champion 7GCAA, N7554F, was substantially damaged when it nosed over during landing at Mount Vernon, Texas. The airplane, flown by a commercial pilot, was on a 14 CFR Part 91 aerial observation flight. There was no flight plan filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured.
The pilot stated that after landing on runway 31, he lost control of the airplane and it veered off the right side of the runway. It subsequently struck a runway light and nosed over. The winds were reported to be 020 degrees at 10 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7554F
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 206-70
- Airframe hours
- 9,254
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Whelan, Martin E.
- Registered owner
- Whelan, Martin E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1992 · 645 hours before
- Departed
- TXO6 · Mexia, TX
- Destination
- F53
- Airport
- F53 · Franklin Co., runway 31, 3,200 × 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,178 total · 843 in this make and model · 1,104 as pilot in command · 178 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
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 N7554F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.