Champion 7GCBC N9032L
28 July 2003 · Buffalo, South Dakota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 July 2003 at about 23:00 local time, a Champion 7GCBC registered N9032L was involved in an accident near Buffalo, South Dakota, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 23:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Buffalo, South Dakota, United States
- Nearest airport
- Harding County (9D2)
- Coordinates
- 45.5806, -103.5297
- Aircraft
- Champion 7GCBC
- Registration
- N9032L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Buffalo → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI03LA178
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The instructor pilot's inadequate remedial action to the dual student's loss of aircraft control during high speed taxiing which lead to the inadvertent ground loop/swerve. A factor was the student not maintaining aircraft control.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The tail wheel equipped airplane sustained substantial damage when it ground looped during a high speed taxi. The instructor stated, "The aircraft started to go right, and I assisted the student in straightening it by applying a small amount of left brake. Then the aircraft started to swerve violently to the left, and I applied full right brake, which didn't stop the motion but may have kept the wing from hitting the ground. We made approximately a half circle, turning about 135 [degrees], managing to stay on the runway the whole time. ... We were using Runway 30 with a light east wind." The instructor reported no mechanical malfunctions prior to the accident and stated that the aircraft sustained damage to the airframe tubing during the accident.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2003 | Piper PA-22-160 | Pierre, South Dakota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Aug 2003 | Cessna 650 | Rapid City, South Dakota, United States | Three Angels Broadcasting Network | No injuries | - |
| 19 May 2003 | Air & Space 18A | South Shore, South Dakota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 Jul 2003 | Ullrich AURIGA FT | Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 6 Dec 2003 | Clement-Kazmierczak SORRELL SNS-7 | Highmore, South Dakota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Sep 2003 | Piper J3C-65 | South Shore, South Dakota, United States | Christian T. Reimche | No injuries | - |