# NTSB LAX84LA247: Champion 7FC, N7597B, Auburn, CA, April 9, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 9, 1983, 08:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Auburn, CA
- Coordinates: 38.920478, -121.070465 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9205&lon=-121.0705&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24229
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA247
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24229/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA247

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - initiated, pilot in command
- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - maneuver - initiated, pilot in command
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON HIS 2ST SOLO FLT. ON THE 3RD LANDING, THE ACFT BOUNCED & THE STUDENT ADDED POWER TO RECOVER. THE ACFT VEERED LEFT, & WHEN THE STUDENT OBSERVED THAT HE WAS RAPIDLY APPROACHING TREES, HE BANKED THE ACFT. THE RIGHT WING TIP IMPACTED THE GROUND & THE ACFT CRASHED. THIS WAS THE 1ST STUDENT THAT THE INSTRUCTOR HAD TRAINED TO THE POINT OF SOLOING. THE STUDENT HAD NEVER FLOWN WITH ANOTHER INSTRUCTOR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7597B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7FC
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7FC-95
- Airframe hours: 3200
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C90-12F 90 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Sunshine Flyers
- Registered owner: Laurence P. Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 31, 1984
- Departed: AUN, AUBURN, CA
- Destination: AUN, AUBURN, CA
- Airport: AUN, Auburn Muni, runway 7, 3,100 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point -0 °F

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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