- Date
- March 10, 1985, 10:14 local (17:14 UTC)
- Place
- Reno, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7545FChampion 7GC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850310011189A
- Case key
- 40125
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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
A hard landing occurred and the right main gear collapsed. The aircraft veered to the side of the runway where it caught fire. The acft had no fire extinguishing equipment on board and the acft was then destroyed by the fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7545F
- Reported as
- Champion 7GC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7GC-11
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2B, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald J. Zens
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- NONE · Reno, NV
- Destination
- NONE · Reno, NV
- Airport
- None
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F
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 N7545F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.