Champion 7ECA N11024

Summary

On 26 August 1987 at about 16:40 local time, a Champion 7ECA registered N11024 was involved in an accident near Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 August 1987 at 16:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States

Coordinates

48.1091, -98.8708

Aircraft

Champion 7ECA

Registration

N11024

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Webster → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN87FA224

2 people were seriously injured.

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 WAS OBSERVED FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDE AND CIRCLING A FARM THAT BELONGED TO THE PLT'S SISTER. AFTER MAKING TWO PASSES BY THE FARM, THE ACFT CRASHED IN A CORN FIELD. THE PLT SAID HE WAS LOOKING FOR A FIELD IN WHICH TO LAND, AND ON THE 2ND PASS, THE ACFT ENCTRD 'WING TIP VORTICES' FROM THE PREVIOUS PASS. HE ESTD THE AIRSPEED AT THAT TIME WAS APRX 75 TO 80 MPH AND THE ACFT WAS IN ABOUT A 45 DEG BANK. ALSO, HE SAID THE LEFT WING DROPPED AND HE INITIATED STALL RECOVERY PROCEDURES, BUT THE ACFT HIT THE GROUND BEFORE A FULL RECOVERY WAS MADE. ADDITIONALLY, HE STATED, 'NATURE OF ACCIDENT WAS AN ACCELERATED TURNING STALL.' THE PLT'S MED CERT WAS DATED 2/6/85.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.