- Date
- May 6, 1990, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Scott, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5187TChampion 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900506017229A
- Case key
- 34977
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Probable cause
Pilot in command's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Related to the accident was tall grass and soft terrain.
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
During the landing roll, the private pilot lost directional control when the aircraft encountered tall grass and soft surface conditions on the private sod strip. The aircraft spun around and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5187T
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stewart Av Service
- Departed
- Scott, AR
- Airport
- runway 18, 1,800 × 45 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 4 in this make and model · 2,400 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 5 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.