- Date
- February 27, 1987, 14:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Roosevelt, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7572FChampion 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870227003699A
- Case key
- 25529
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At the end of a pleasure cross-country flight, the pilot reported that during the landing roll, the passenger was moving around in the back seat and accidentally pressed on the right brake. Before the pilot could get the aircraft under control, the aircraft ran off the runway and collided with the terrain. The pilot reported no mechanical failure or malfunction with the aircraft at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7572F
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 230-70
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mark A. Reholz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 20, 1987 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- P10 · Chandler, AZ
- Destination
- E75 · Roosevelt, AZ
- Airport
- Grapevine
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 353 total · 52 in this make and model · 210 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- FFZ, 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.
Other investigations on N7572F · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.