Champion 7FC N9874Y

Summary

On 3 November 1988 at about 22:46 local time, a Champion 7FC registered N9874Y was involved in an accident near Hesperia, California, 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

3 November 1988 at 22:46

Classification

Accident

Location

Hesperia, California, United States

Nearest airport

Hesperia Air Lodge (L26)

Coordinates

34.3604, -117.3200

Aircraft

Champion 7FC

Registration

N9874Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX89LA033

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

WITNESSES RPRTD THAT THE WINDS AT THE ARPT WERE OUT OF THE WEST AT ABOUT 20 KTS WITH PEAK GUSTS OF ABOUT 37 KTS. THEY STATED THE WIND SOCK WAS INDICATING A DIRECT X-WIND WITH RWY 3/21 & THAT THE PLT INITIATED HIS TAKEOFF ON RWY 21. WITNESSES RPRTD THAT DURING TAKEOFF, THE ACFT SETTLED BACK TO THE RWY SVRL TIMES BEFORE REMAINING AIRBORNE. RPRTDLY, THE ACFT DID NOT ATTAIN A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB. ACCORDING TO ONE WITNESS, THE ACFT'S LEFT WING DROPPED, THEN THE ACFT BEGAN TO SPIN TO THE GROUND. THE PLT ESTD THE ACFT WAS ABOUT 51 LBS OVER ITS APPROVED GROSS WT. DENSITY ALT WAS CALCULATED TO BE ABOUT 5700 FT. NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE ACFT WAS RPRTD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.