Champion 7KCAB N2978G

Summary

On 29 July 2000 at about 15:00 local time, a Champion 7KCAB registered N2978G was involved in an accident near Rayville, Louisiana, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

29 July 2000 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Rayville, Louisiana, United States

Nearest airport

John H Hooks Jr. Memorial (M79)

Coordinates

32.4701, -91.7503

Aircraft

Champion 7KCAB

Registration

N2978G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW00LA227

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor's failure to maintain directional control. A factor was the wind gusts.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor was demonstrating a normal landing to the south in a tailwheel-equipped aircraft. The pilot made a 3-point touchdown with a 'light crosswind.' The airplane rolled 300-400 feet down the runway, and when the airplane was abeam a tree line, a gust of wind veered the airplane toward the right edge of the runway. The flight instructor attempted to correct for the wind gust; however, his 'heel slid off of the heel brake.' The flight instructor 'held full rudder and got back on brake too late.' The airplane exited the right side of the runway, and subsequently impacted a ditch. The pilot added that the wind was out of the southwest at 10 knots, gusting to 18 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.