- Date
- April 27, 1988, 09:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place
- Dracut, MA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9712NChampion 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880427011639A
- Case key
- 36139
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Visual approach procedure - water,glassyFactor
Flare - improperCause
Procedures/directives - not followedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot said that while making a normal approach for a 'glassy water' landing on a lake, he flared high and stalled the airplane. The right wing dropped off and the airplane crashed into the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9712N
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 156
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward E. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 27, 1988
- Airport
- Long Pond, runway 36, water
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 227 total · 11 in this make and model · 124 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.