- Date
- January 22, 1989, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Port Townsend, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2582FChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890122001119A
- Case key
- 40972
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Probable cause
Improper approach and flare technique on the part of the pilot, resulting in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident were tall trees surrounding the airstrip.
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.
Hard landing
Terrain condition - high obstruction(s)Factor
Aircraft handling - not performedCause
Flare - improperCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
The plt side-slipped the airplane during the landing approach. A sink rate developed which the plt was unable to arrest with power and flare. The airplane was landed hard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2582F
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 213
- Airframe hours
- 2,150
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James L. Nodell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1988 · 24 hours before
- Airport
- runway 36, 4,350 × 80 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 255 total · 128 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAE, 22 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.