Champion 7GCAA N1879G

Summary

On 27 June 2009 at about 17:00 local time, a Champion 7GCAA registered N1879G, operated by Richard C. O'Riley, was involved in an accident near Ware, Massachusetts, 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

27 June 2009 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Ware, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Ware Airport (MA53)

Coordinates

42.2819, -72.2147

Aircraft

Champion 7GCAA

Registration

N1879G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Richard C. O'Riley

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Montague → Ware

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA09CA553

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that an annual inspection of the airplane had just been completed and that he was flying the airplane from that location to his home airstrip. The wind was on the nose of the airplane and as he approached the runway for a full stop landing, his approach speed was 55 mph. When the airplane was approximately 1 foot above the runway for a three point landing, the airspeed decreased and the nose dropped. The propeller contacted the soft ground and the airplane nosed over, damaging the vertical stabilizer and right wing lift struts. The pilot reported that there was nothing mechanically wrong with the airplane that caused the accident to occur.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.