Champion 7GCAA N8305V

Summary

On 23 December 2007 at about 00:55 local time, a Champion 7GCAA registered N8305V was involved in an accident near Gallup, New Mexico, 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

23 December 2007 at 00:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Gallup, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Gallup Municipal (GUP)

Coordinates

35.5008, -108.7839

Aircraft

Champion 7GCAA

Registration

N8305V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cedar City → Gallup

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

DEN08CA043

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's premature landing flare and an inadvertent stall/mush. A contributing factor is pilot's lack of recent night experience.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, during the night landing he flared too high, the airplane stalled, and impacted the runway with the nose canted to the right. He said that he added power in attempt to straighten the airplane, but the airplane departed the runway to the right, traveled through a ditch and nosed over, resulting in substantial damage. The pilot reported no anomalies with the airplane systems. He stated he was not night current, and did not hold a valid medical certificate.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.