Champion 7GCAA N1835G

Summary

On 13 June 1984 at about 20:40 local time, a Champion 7GCAA registered N1835G, operated by Charles K Wood, was involved in an accident near Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 June 1984 at 20:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, United States

Coordinates

34.9903, -99.2404

Aircraft

Champion 7GCAA

Registration

N1835G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Charles K Wood

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Clinton → Mangum

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84FA272

1 person 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

WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE PLT MADE A LOW PASS BY EACH OF HIS 2 SONS WHO WERE OPERATING COMBINES IN A WHEAT FIELD. AFTER MAKING THE LOW PASSES, HE PULLED UP IN A STEEP CLIMB. THE ACFT THEN ENTERED A STEEP DESCENT & CRASHED. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT, MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE. A TOXICOLOGICAL CHECK OF THE PLT'S BLOOD SHOWED A BLOOD/ALCOHOL LEVEL OF O.276%. PRIOR TO THE FLT, THE PLT INDICATED THAT HE INTENDED TO CHECK ON THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK THAT HIS SONS WERE PERFORMING. THE PLT'S LAST MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS ISSUED ON 12/10/76. HIS LAST BIENNIAL FLT REVIEW WAS ON 10/29/74.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.