Champion 7EC N7592B

Summary

On 23 December 2005 at about 20:30 local time, a Champion 7EC registered N7592B was involved in an accident near Platteville, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

23 December 2005 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Platteville, Wisconsin, United States

Coordinates

42.6894, -90.4444

Aircraft

Champion 7EC

Registration

N7592B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Platteville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI06CA056

1 person had minor injuries.

The student pilot not maintaining directional control during the landing. A factor was the snow bank the pilot encountered.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The tailwheel airplane sustained substantial damage on impact with a snow bank and subsequently nosed over when the airplane departed the runway during landing. The student pilot stated, "Touched down, plane did a little hop and then landed straight. Plane began to swerve left - I corrected, not enough tailwheel response to get back straight. Went off runway at intersection of 25-33 into snow. Hit snow bank and plane nosed over and then on back." The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane in reference to the flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.