# NTSB MKC84LA196: Champion 7ECA, N5261X, Wynne, AR, June 29, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 29, 1984, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Wynne, AR
- Coordinates: 35.229782, -90.779098 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2298&lon=-90.7791&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33728
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA196
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33728/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA196

## 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
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot of other aircraft (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command
  - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - airport facility
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

SHORTLY AFTER LANDING ON RWY 16 THE PILOT NOTICED AN AERIAL APPLICATION ACFT LINED UP TO LAND ON RWY 34. HEAVY BRAKING WAS APPLIED. THE ACFT STRUCK A RWY LIGHT, NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE AERIAL APPLICATION ACFT DID NOT HAVE A RADIO. IT OVERFLEW THE ACCIDENT ACFT AND LANDED ON RWY 16 AT THE UNCONTROLLED ARPT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5261X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5261X), registered now, S/N 712, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7ECA
- Registry model: [Champion 7ECA](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (registry code 21101NN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 712
- Airframe hours: 1344
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-C1 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: George A. Dooley
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 1983
- Departed: MEM, MEMPHIS, TN
- Destination: M65, WYNNE, AR
- Airport: M65, Wynne Muni, runway 16, 3,530 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 76 total, 20 in this make and model, 38 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MEM, 40 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 19840629071709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840629071709A), Jun 29, 1984: Bbavia 7ECA, Wynne, AR, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed runway when pilot lost directional control because of his concern over other landing aircraft.

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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