- Date
- February 27, 1984, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pullman, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N996MPChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840227004669A
- Case key
- 39880
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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.
Analysis
According to the student plt, the winds were prevailing from the southeast at 5 to 10 KTS, but were shifting & gusting to 20 KTS. During a landing on rwy 5, the acft veered off the right side side of the rwy, then struck a ditch & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N996MP
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 272
- Airframe hours
- 1,810
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David L. Martin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 25, 1983
- Departed
- COE · Coeur D' Alene, ID
- Destination
- PUW · Pullman, WA
- Airport
- S40 · Pullman - Moscow, runway 5, 6,731 × 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 75 total · 33 in this make and model · 49 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 22 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PUW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N996MP · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.