- Date
- March 26, 1991, 18:18 local (Mar 27, 1991, 02:18 UTC)
- Place
- Everett, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N371RFChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910326010989A
- Case key
- 41402
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Probable cause
The pilot did not maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll. Factors tot he accient were the pilot inadequately planned the approach, and uncontrolled ground-loop, and the pilot's lack of total experience in this type of aircraft.
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
At then end of a flight, the pilot intened to land the airplane long down the runway. Upon touch-down, the airspeed was higher than normal and the airplane became 'squirelly.' The pilot was unable to maintain control and the airplane veered off the runway and ground-looped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N371RF
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 506
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rodney O. Ziegler
- Registered owner
- Rodney O. Ziegler
- Departed
- S88 · Arlington, WA
- Airport
- PAE · Paine Fld, runway 34, 3,000 × 75 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 174 total · 11 in this make and model · 163 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.