Champion 7ECA N8395V
26 December 1999 · Oxnard, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 26 December 1999 at about 19:20 local time, a Champion 7ECA registered N8395V, operated by Jennifer Liebeler, was involved in an accident near Oxnard, California, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 19:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Oxnard, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Oxnard Airport (OXR)
- Coordinates
- 34.1903, -119.1702
- Aircraft
- Champion 7ECA
- Registration
- N8395V
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Jennifer Liebeler
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX00LA056
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the variable crosswind condition and subsequent failure to maintain directional control of the airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The aircraft veered off the runway while landing in a crosswind and collided with an airport sign and a berm. The pilot was on her first unsupervised solo flight in a tail wheel airplane. She had just completed over 7 hours of flight instruction in the accident airplane. The pilot had departed runway 7 and was going to practice touch and go's. The flight instructor, who witnessed the accident, said her approach to landing appeared very normal and the level off and flare to touchdown appeared normal. Upon touchdown and rollout, the flight instructor noticed the airplane's right wing rise and it appeared the pilot performed corrective inputs to lower it. He said he then noticed the airplane turn slightly to the right and watched the right wing rise again, followed immediately by the airplane veering sharply to the left. The pilot said she noticed the windsock as she exited the airplane and it showed the wind was 90 degrees to the runway from approximately 160 degrees.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Mar 1999 | Champion 7GCBC | Healy, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 24 Jun 1999 | Champion 7GCBC | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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