Champion 7KCAB N5270X

Summary

On 24 August 1983 at about 22:30 local time, a Champion 7KCAB registered N5270X was involved in an accident near Boonville, Missouri, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 August 1983 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Boonville, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

38.9591, -92.7397

Aircraft

Champion 7KCAB

Registration

N5270X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83FA199

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT CRASHED IN A NOSE LOW, LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE DURING AN AEROBATIC TRAINING FLT. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF STRETCH ON THE SEAT BELTS OF BOTH SEATS. THE INSTRUCTOR PLT'S BODY WAS FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE; HOWEVER, THE PRIVATE PLT'S BODY WAS FOUND ABOUT 900 FT EAST OF THE WRECKAGE. EXAMINATION OF THE PRIVATE PLT'S PARACHUTE REVEALED EVIDENCE OF IMPACT DAMAGE. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THAT THE CABLE BETWEEN THE RIGHT REAR RUDDER PEDAL & THE RUDDER WAS FOUND DISCONNECTED AT THE PEDAL END. THE END OF THE CABLE WAS PULLED OUT OF THE NICOPRESS SLEEVE. THE SLEEVE WAS TESTED WITH ATERMINAL GAUGE & THE COMPRESSED PORTION OF THE SLEEVE WOULD NOT ENTER THE GAUGE. IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED IF THE CABLEDISCONNECTED PRIOR TO OR DURING THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.