- Date
- August 24, 1986, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lakewood, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5238XChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860824053189A
- Case key
- 30409
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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 - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Nose over
Analysis
The flight encountered a strong gust of crosswind while taking off. The pilot was unable to correct and lost control of the aircraft at which time the aircraft ran off the rwy and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5238X
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 701
- Airframe hours
- 1,390
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- O'Brien Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 8, 1986
- Departed
- N12 · Lakewood, NJ
- Airport
- N12 · Lakewood, runway 24, 3,300 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 14,007 total · 496 in this make and model · 12,808 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.