- Date
- February 27, 1988, 10:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Othello, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5135TChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40784
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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 - gustsFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - aircraft parked/standingFactor
Analysis
The student pilot encountered gusting winds and lost control of the aircraft during landing roll. The aircraft veered to the right of the runway and struck a parked unoccupied aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5135T
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 562
- Airframe hours
- 1,900
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- B And R Crop Care
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 9, 1987 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- WA14 · Connell, WA
- Destination
- S70 · Othello, WA
- Airport
- S70 · Othello Municipal, runway 25, 4,090 × 33 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 32 total · 32 in this make and model · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
Other investigations on N5135T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.