- Date
- June 14, 1993, 10:49 local (16:49 UTC)
- Place
- Gillette, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8947RChampion 7GC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930614017849A
- Case key
- 43038
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's not maintaining directional control and the overload of the left main landing gear. A factor contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in conventionally geared 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
While landing on runway 34 the conventionally geared aircraft began to oscillate from left to right. The pilot in command was unable to maintain directional control and as the oscillation increased in severity, the left main landing gear collapsed due to side loading. The pilot reported to the investigator that he had minimal time in conventionally geared aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8947R
- Reported as
- Champion 7GC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7GC163
- Airframe hours
- 1,802
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2B, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Greer, Randy & Knutson, Jim
- Registered owner
- Greer, Randy & Knutson, Jim
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 19, 1993 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- GCC
- Destination
- GCC
- Airport
- GCC · Campbell County, runway 34, 7,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 810 total · 3 in this make and model · 690 as pilot in command · 205 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.