American Champion 7GCBC N711AT

Summary

On 8 February 2007 at about 18:05 local time, a American Champion 7GCBC registered N711AT was involved in an accident near Deland, Florida, 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

8 February 2007 at 18:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Deland, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Bob Lee Flight Strip (1J6)

Coordinates

29.1042, -81.3136

Aircraft

American Champion 7GCBC

Registration

N711AT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sanford → Deland

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA07CA048

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing flare, resulting in an in-flight collision with soft terrain, and a collapse of the right main landing gear.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he was on approach to a grass airstrip, with the intention of a full stop landing. As he started to flare, the airplane went slightly south of centerline for which he applied the necessary correction, however, the airplane responded quicker than anticipated and over flew the centerline. While attempting to correct, the right landing gear hit and got stuck in a soft sandy spot on the runway, collapsing the gear leg and stopping the airplane. The pilot stated there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems prior to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.