Eldredge AIRCAMPER SDE N7229R

Summary

On 21 December 2007 at about 00:15 local time, a Eldredge AIRCAMPER SDE registered N7229R, operated by Andrew Eldredge, was involved in an accident near Sahuarita, Arizona, United States. One person was 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

21 December 2007 at 00:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Sahuarita, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Flying Diamond (6AZ8)

Coordinates

31.9386, -111.1136

Aircraft

Eldredge AIRCAMPER SDE

Registration

N7229R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Andrew Eldredge

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sahuarita → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX08CA040

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed. A contributing factor was the pilot's distraction due to the presence of an automobile, which appeared to encroach upon the runway environment.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot observed a car approaching the runway when he was on short final approach for landing at the uncontrolled airport. It appeared to the pilot that the car would cross the runway at midfield just about the time he would be on the landing rollout crossing the same area. The pilot abruptly applied full throttle; however, the engine's power did not increase. The pilot failed to maintain adequate airspeed to touchdown normally, which resulted in a hard landing. Thereafter, the airplane veered off the runway and came to rest with a bent airframe.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.