# NTSB LAX87LA127: Champion 7KCAB, N7572F, Roosevelt, AZ, February 27, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 27, 1987, 14:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Roosevelt, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.619949, -111.030609 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6199&lon=-111.0306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25529
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA127
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25529/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA127

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - rudder - inadvertent use, passenger (cause)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7572F), registered now, S/N 230-70, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7KCAB
- Registry model: [Champion 7KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7kcab) (registry code 21101P3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 230-70
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870227003699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870227003699A), Feb 27, 1987: Bbavia 7KCAB, Roosevelt, AZ, Substantial damage. The aircraft ran off the runway after landing when the passenger inadvertently pressed a brake pedal.

## Other investigations on N7572F (3)

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.

- [NTSB DEN72FQA38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN72FQA38), Apr 16, 1972: Champion 7KCAB (N7572F), Taos, NM, substantial damage
- [NTSB DEN70DXD23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN70DXD23), Apr 7, 1970: Champion 7KCAB (N7572F), Fountain, CO, substantial damage
- [NTSB DEN70DXD21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN70DXD21), Apr 5, 1970: Champion 7KCAB (N7572F), Pueblo, CO, substantial damage

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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