# NTSB MKC88LA011: Champion 7GCB, N9967Y, Warrensburg, MO, October 8, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 8, 1987, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Warrensburg, MO
- Coordinates: 38.749301, -93.720878 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7493&lon=-93.7209&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 16, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34516
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA011
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34516/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA011

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT INDICATED THAT ON FINAL APP, WHEN OVR THE RWY THRESHOLD, HE LEVELED THE ACFT OFF AT ABT 10 FT AND IT DROPPED IN. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT ALL FOUR WING SPARS HAD LONGITUDINAL CRACKS. THE PLT HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE ACFT AND HAD ABT 14 HOURS FLYING TIME IN IT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9967Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9967Y), registered now, S/N 7GCB-177, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GCB
- Registry model: [Champion 7GCB](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcb) (registry code 21101PC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7GCB-177
- Airframe hours: 1600
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-A2B 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Marlin Parrott
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 6, 1987, 5 hours before
- Airport: 9K4, Sky Haven, runway 18, 4,200 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: rear; flight hours: 317 total, 14 in this make and model, 212 as pilot in command, 46 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 14 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SZL, 15 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 19871008062939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871008062939A), Oct 8, 1987: Bbavia 7GCB, Warrensburg, MO, Substantial damage. Hard landing damaged all four wing spars. Pilot believed damage done prior purchase of aircraft. Not substantiated.

## Other investigations on N9967Y (1)

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.

- [NTSB CEN13LA518](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA518), Sep 2, 2013: American Champion 7GCB (N9967Y), Pearsall, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the rudder cable due to electrical arcing damage from contact with an unguarded battery and the pilot's subsequent loss of control during the go-around.

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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