- Date
- May 4, 1992, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Havasu, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2559FChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920504013209A
- Case key
- 27614
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the landing touch down.
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
The pilot said that on touch down the aircraft swerved to the left and he could not regain control prior to colliding with several airport lighting structures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2559F
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 175
- Airframe hours
- 2,150
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James V. Russell
- Registered owner
- James V. Russell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 15, 1991 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- HII · Lake Havasu City, runway 32, 5,000 × 100 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 957 total · 45 in this make and model · 957 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.