- Date
- September 7, 1991, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marion, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N42784Timothy Wingate S-7 Courier
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910907038639A
- Case key
- 36746
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate separation behind a departing larger aircraft resulted in turbulence encounter & subsequent loss of control.
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
The pilot departed runway 22, immediately following a larger airplane. The aircraft rolled inverted and impacted the runway in a steep nose down attiutde. Witnesses stated that they saw its 'wings rocking' just before the accident. The FAA found no flight control malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42784
- Reported as
- Timothy Wingate S-7 Courier (S-7 COURIE)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 49
- Engine
- Rotax 582UL, 66 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wingate, Timothy A.
- Registered owner
- Wingate, Timothy A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1991 · 49 hours before
- Destination
- 14G · Freemont, OH
- Airport
- M22 · Marion Municipal, runway 22, 5,200 × 100 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 526 total · 51 in this make and model · 470 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 36 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.