- Date
- April 13, 1988, 08:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mayer, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7586EChampion 7EC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880413010009A
- Case key
- 25989
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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.
Loss of engine power
Weather condition - carburetor icing conditions
Carburetor heat - not usedCause
Maintenance,annual inspection - not performed
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7586E
- Reported as
- Champion 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7EC-680
- Airframe hours
- 2,096
- Engine
- Continental C-90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harris, Baxter F.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1987
- Departed
- Mayer, AZ
- Destination
- DVT · Phoenix, AZ
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 8, 1,400 × ft, dirt
N7586ERegistration cancelled Jan 29, 2019 · Champion 7ECAirframe modelChampion 7ECEngine modelContinental C90 series
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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 200 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC, 16 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 N7586E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.