Champion 7ECA accident near Dublin, TX
On March 22, 1993, a Champion 7ECA (airplane) was involved in an accident near Dublin, TX. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 22, 1993
- Place
- Dublin, TX
- Aircraft
- Champion 7ECA · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 32.080°N, 98.331°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X11975
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On Sunday, March 21, 1993, at approximately 1850 central standard time, a Champion 7ECA, N11052, was destroyed when it impacted the ground following a loss of control shortly after takeoff. The airplane, owned and operated by the private pilot, had just taken off from the Dublin, Texas, municipal airport on what was to have been a 14 CFR Part 91 local personal flight. There was no flight plan filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed in the area. The pilot and the one passenger received fatal injuries. According to witnesses and acquaintances of the pilot, he removed the airplane from its hangar and conducted a pre flight inspection. After what they described as a normal start, warm up, and taxi, the witnesses saw the airplane stop at the end of runway 15, do a run up and then take off. The airplane was observed to climb to about 100 to 150 feet above ground level, level off and then enter what one witness described as a hard right bank. Continuation of the right turn would have taken the airplane back over where the pilot's acquaintances were standing. The witnesses stated that during the bank, the nose fell through and the airplane impacted the ground west of the runway. WITNESSES Several witnesses saw the accident, however, only three written statements were submitted during the investigation. The statements were consistent. All of the responding witnesses stated that the engine sounded normal throughout the flight. One witness stated that the airplane stalled in the steep right bank and went straight into the ground. Another stated the airpl
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S ATTEMPTED MANEUVER WHICH LED TO HIS ENTRY INTO AN INADVERTENT STALL
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
