- Date
- March 7, 1989, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Ocala, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor; on the ground: 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8350VChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890307003279A
- Case key
- 32404
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Probable cause
Failure of the vehicle driver to see and yield to the acft that was landing on rwy 27. Contributing factors were: vehicle on the runway and inadequate visual lookout by the pilot.
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 plt entered the traffic pattern to land on rwy 27 (grass rwy), which intersected rwy 36 (paved rwy). Rwy 27 extendedwest of rwy 36 & intersected it at the paved rwy's midfield area. While flaring over the intxn to land, the acft's left main gear hit a vehicle, which was traveling north on the left edge of rwy 36 & was also crossing at the intxn. Drg impact, the left main gear separated, but the plt contd the landing. After touchdown, the acft veered off the side of rwy 27 before coming to rest. The plt's med cert was dated 12/3/86.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8350V
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 85
- Airframe hours
- 2,571
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Myers, Dennis A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1988 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- X35 · Dunnellon, FL
- Airport
- 17FL · Grey Stone, runway 27, 3,660 × 80 ft, grass/turf
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Flight hours
- 134 total · 16 in this make and model · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 9 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.