- Date
- June 4, 1984, 19:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Ellington, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5043FChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840604024119A
- Case key
- 35674
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Analysis
Acft was on short final with 100 degree left x-wind 0F 10 KTS gusting to 15 KTS. When a gust occurred the left wing dragged the rwy and the acft cartwheeled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5043F
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1300-79
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel Moroz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 23, 1983
- Departed
- Windham, CT
- Destination
- 7B9 · Ellington, CT
- Airport
- 7B9 · E-Lington, runway 1, 1,900 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 345 total · 246 in this make and model · 202 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.