Champion 7EC N7556E

Summary

On 9 May 1987 at about 23:30 local time, a Champion 7EC registered N7556E, operated by Delone L. Bennett, was involved in an accident near Delia, Kansas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 May 1987 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Delia, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

39.2292, -95.9609

Aircraft

Champion 7EC

Registration

N7556E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Delone L. Bennett

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Topeka → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC87FA103

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

WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING HIGH SPEED, LOW LEVEL PASSES OVER THE HOMES OF SOME FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WHEN, SUDDENLY, IT STARTED A STEEP CLIMB OVER A TREE LINE. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO SLOW DOWN AT THE TOP OF THE CLIMB; THEN IT LEVELED OFF BRIEFLY BEFORE PLUMMETING, NOSE-FIRST, TO THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT BURST INTO FLAMES SHORTLY AFTER IMPACT. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF AN IN-FLIGHT FAILURE/SEPARATION, AND A SUBSEQUENT ENGINE TEARDOWN INSPECTION DID NOT REVEAL ANY KIND OF POWERPLANT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.