- Date
- April 29, 1988, 19:00 local (Apr 30, 1988, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cameron Park, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6712CChampion 7CCM
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880429012269A
- Case key
- 25994
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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.
Analysis
While practicing touch and go landings, the pilot reported that a wind from behind caught the tail of the aircraft. The pilot overcorrected and ground looped the aircraft. The aircraft veered off the runway and nosed over. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the aircraft prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6712C
- Reported as
- Champion 7CCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7BCM-427
- Airframe hours
- 4,625
- Engine
- Continental C-90-8FJ, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Judd, Donald C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 26, 1988 · 15 hours before
- Airport
- 061 · Cameron Airport, runway 13, 4,060 × 50 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 248 total · 8 in this make and model · 145 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.