Accident Champion 7FC N7507E, Saturday 9 February 1985

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Date:	Saturday 9 February 1985
Time:	16:00 LT
Type:	Champion 7FC
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N7507E
MSN:	7FC-227
Year of manufacture:	1958
Total airframe hrs:	2542 hours
Engine model:	Continental C-90-12F
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Louisville, KY - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	French Lick, IN (KFRH)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE STUDENT PLT DEPARTED FROM A SNOW COVERED RWY & PROCEEDED ON A SOLO X-COUNTRY. WHEN HE RETURNED, THE NOSEWHEEL BROKE THRU THE SNOW CRUSTED SURFACE & COLLAPSED, THEN THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE PLT SAID THERE WERE RUTS ON THE RWY FROM OTHER ACFT WHICH CAUSED HIS PLANE TO SWERVE LEFT. THE NOSE STRUT, PN 3-1055, FAILED ABOVE THE NOSEWHEEL IN THE AREA OF THE OLEO EXTENSION. PART OF THE FRACTURE AREA WAS RUSTED.

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