- Date
- September 18, 1992, 16:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Arlington, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9662SChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920918040569A
- Case key
- 42905
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to touch down at the proper landing point on the road. A factor contributing to the accident was high density altitude.
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
The pilot reported that while maneuvering, he encountered downdrafts resulting in a loss of altitude and airspeed. The pilot then initiated a precautionary landing on a nearby road during which 'the right main touched down just short of the road.' The pilot then lost control of the aircraft and it came to rest after impacting a barbed wire fence. The pilot estimated a temperature of 65 degrees fahrenheit at the crash site (8,500 feet MSL) and the density altitude was estimated at 11,500 feet. Surface weather observations at rawlins and laramie (west and east of the site respectively) reported strong (20 knot) southwesterly winds at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9662S
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 395
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Smith, Leonard C.
- Registered owner
- Daniels, Joe & Patsy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 80V · Medicine Bow, WY
- Destination
- LAR · Laramie, WY
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,709 total · 46 in this make and model · 1,692 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.