- Date
- July 27, 1993, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chewelah, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4394CChampion 7EC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930727052549A
- Case key
- 43045
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Probable cause
The failure of the PIC to maintain directional control and correct for ground loop/swerve.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Analysis
The acft swerved off the runway during landing roll and impacted a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4394C
- Reported as
- Champion 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7EC-423
- Airframe hours
- 2,229
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A48, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rex T. Barrans
- Registered owner
- Chewelah Flyers, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 16, 1993 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- 1S9 · Sand Canyon, runway 17, 3,500 × 60 ft, asphalt
N4394CRegistered now · Champion AERONCA 7ECAirframe modelChampion AERONCA 7ECEngine modelContinental C90 series
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 624 total · 41 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFF, 42 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.