ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 387283
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| Date: | Thursday 14 September 2000 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Champion 7GCBC |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9654S |
| MSN: | 52 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2897 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sparrevohn, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Birchwood, AK (BCV) |
| Stony River, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The certificated commercial pilot started a southwesterly takeoff run from a 1,500 feet long, remote sand bar. Just after lift-off, as the airplane started to climb, a strong gust of wind from the right lifted the right wing, and rolled the airplane about 90 degrees. As he applied full right aileron to correct for the roll, the airplane's wings leveled, but that it was in an uncontrolled decent. The airplane continued to descend and struck an embankment. It sustained substantial damage to the wings, wing lift struts, and fuselage. The pilot said that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. Factors associated with the accident were variable winds, and a crosswind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC00LA135
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 August 2013 | N9607S | AA Aerial Surveillance, LLC. | 2 | Hamlin Canyon, SW of Paradise, CA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-May-2024 07:25 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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