Champion 7KCAB N11AT

Summary

On 18 July 1993 at about 16:32 local time, a Champion 7KCAB registered N11AT, operated by Super, Billy M. & Bernice I., was involved in an accident near Hill City, Kansas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

18 July 1993 at 16:32

Classification

Accident

Location

Hill City, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Hill City Municipal (HLC)

Coordinates

39.3601, -99.8401

Aircraft

Champion 7KCAB

Registration

N11AT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Super, Billy M. & Bernice I.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI93LA260

2 people died.

the loss of engine power for an undetermined reason and the pilot's decision to continue flying the airplane with known deficiencies. Factors in the accident are the lack of suitable terrain available for a forced landing, the airplane's low altitude, and the pilot's inadvertent stall of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WITNESSES REPORTED THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE MADE A LOW PASS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ALONG THE RUNWAY, AND DROPPED THE BANNER IT WAS TOWING. THEY STATED THE PILOT ADDED POWER AND BEGAN A LEFT CLIMBING TURN. WITNESSES ESTIMATED THE AIRPLANE WAS BETWEEN 50 AND 150 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WHEN THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND QUIT. THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A STEEP LEFT TURN, AND PITCHED NOSE DOWN TO THE GROUND. WITNESSES STATED THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN TOWING BANNERS OVERHEAD THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. THEY REPORTED THE ENGINE SEEMED TO BE CONSISTENTLY RUNNING ROUGH, COUGHING AND SPUTTERING. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION AND ENGINE RUNUP REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PREIMPACT MECHANICAL ANOMALY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.