Champion 7-GCAA N9588S

Summary

On 29 December 2004 at about 16:30 local time, a Champion 7-GCAA registered N9588S, operated by Ronnie Geurin, was involved in an accident near Talladega, Alabama, United States. 2 people were 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

29 December 2004 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Talladega, Alabama, United States

Coordinates

33.5719, -86.0514

Aircraft

Champion 7-GCAA

Registration

N9588S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Ronnie Geurin

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Murray → Talladega

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL05CA036

Nobody was injured.

The binding right wheel brake that resulted in a loss of control during landing roll. A factor was the drainage ditch.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, upon making a three-point landing the airplane veered aggressively to the right. He applied full left rudder with no success. He then applied full power to possibly regain rudder control with no success. He stated that the airplane continued to the right crossing a taxiway and impacting a drainage ditch before coming to a stop. The pilot did not report any flight control problems prior to landing. The pilot stated that he recently got his tailwheel signoff and had accumulated about 23 hours of total time in this airplane. Examination of the right main landing gear by a local mechanic found that the brake pucks were new and that the right main wheel had some drag to it from the new brakes. However, he continued to say that the wheel and brake were not locked, it simply would not "turn freely."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.