Champion 7KCAB accident near Humphrey, NE
On August 13, 1994, a Champion 7KCAB (airplane) was involved in an accident near Humphrey, NE. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 13, 1994
- Place
- Humphrey, NE
- Aircraft
- Champion 7KCAB · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.679°N, 97.480°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X01987
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 13, 1994, about 1730 central daylight time, a Champion (Citabria) 7KCAB airplane, N7565F, was destroyed by impact forces and postcrash fire when it collided with terrain approximately 2 and 1/2 miles southwest of Humphrey, Nebraska. The private pilot and sole passenger aboard were fatally injured. The local pleasure flight operated in visual meteorological conditions without flight plan. The flight departed Norfolk, Nebraska, about 1645. The crash site was located in a soybean field to the rear (south) of a farm house owned by a relative of the passenger in the airplane. The relative reported he heard the airplane pass low over his house and heard a distinct change in the engine sound. He characterized the engine sound as "different and louder than an automobile V-8 or V-6 engine." He said that 2 or 3 seconds after he heard the sound he was looking out the kitchen window and saw the airplane just before it struck the ground in a nose down, vertical attitude. He saw no sign of fire until a few seconds after impact. The relative ran out of the house towards the wreckage and was looking for possible survivors outside the airplane. He was unable to reach the wreckage due to the intensity of the fire. At the time of the accident, the relative said that he was unaware that his brother-in-law was a passenger in the airplane. Another witness, the owner of a neighboring farm located approximately 1/2 mile south of the accident site also heard the airplane engine "cut out" once, resume power, then cut out again, closely followed by the sound of the impact.
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane. A factor associated with the accident is the pilot's buzzing of the passenger's brother-in-law's house.
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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.
