- Date
- May 22, 1986, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Crete, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5229XChampion 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860522021049A
- Case key
- 34183
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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
The plt of this tail-wheel acft attempted a landing on a rwy with a strong x-wind. After a go-around, he started an apch to a turf rwy that was better aligned with the wind but made a go-around when he thought the grass was too high. He then attempted another landing with the strong x-wind. The left wing came up during the landing and the right wing struck the ground. As the acft pivoted to the right, the left gear folded backward and the left wing impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5229X
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 207
- Airframe hours
- 1,849
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- D. Bauman & J. Gill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1986
- Departed
- HLC · Hill City, KS
- Airport
- CEK · Municipal, runway 17, 3,600 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 517 total · 114 in this make and model · 517 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 30 knots, gusting 45
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.