- Date
- June 20, 1992, 07:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Prosser, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1812GChampion 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920620021209A
- Case key
- 41583
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Probable cause
Inadequate inflight planning/preparation and airspeed was not maintained. A factor to the accident was: an uncontrolled stall/spin.
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 witness reported that it was common for the student pilot to fly around his house to wave hello (wag the airplane's wings). The airplane was approximately 200 feet AGL and making a shallow right turn about the house. When the airplane was approximately 180 degrees through the turn, the bank angle suddenly increased and the nose of the airplane dropped. The airplane completed one spin rotation before colliding with the terrain in a nose down attitude. During the post-crash inspection, there was no evidence found to indicate a mechanical failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1812G
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 96
- Airframe hours
- 1,386
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Anderson, Kirk M. & Glen H.
- Registered owner
- Anderson, Kirk M. & Glen H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 4, 1991 · 68 hours before
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 169 total · 145 in this make and model · 137 as pilot in command · 16.5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.