# Accident 20110616011089A: Champion 7HC, Kenai, AK, June 16, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2011, 15:00 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.3786° N, 152.2886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.3786&lon=-152.2886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8976R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8976R-2012-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7HC (registry code 21101PN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7hc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7HC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC11CA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11CA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110616011089A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LANDED OFF AIRPORT NEAR REDOUBT CREEK AK, AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT GEAR STRUCK A ROCK AFTER TOUCHDOWN WHICH CAUSED THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE RIGHT WINGTIP AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. PILOT THEN TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND REPORTED ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC11CA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11CA049), Jun 16, 2011: Champion 7HC (N8976R), Kenai, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, resulting in the collapse of the main landing gear, and a nose over.

## Other reports on N8976R (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19870816045659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870816045659A), Aug 16, 1987: Bbavia 7HC (N8976R), Seward, AK, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the runway on landing and nosed over. Passenger reported pilot landed with a tailwind.
- [Incident 19830918065969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830918065969I), Sep 18, 1983: Bbavia 7HC (N8976R), Cordova, AK, Minor damage. Left main gear collapsed on the landing roll out at a remote hunting camp strip.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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