# Accident 20140115000879A: American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB, Holland, NJ, January 15, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2014, 16:15 local time
- Place: Holland, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5792° N, 75.1389° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5792&lon=-75.1389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N469J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N469J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 8KCAB (registry code 2121000, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-390-A1B6 (registry code 42409, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-390-a1b6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 8KCAB
- Reported engine: LYCONING IO390
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140115000879A

## Narrative

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

NON INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT IN AN AIRCRAFT THAT WAS NOT EQUIPPED FOR INSTRUMENT FLIGHT CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO IMC CONDITIONS AND COLLIDED WITH TREES AND GROUND WHILE ENROUTE TO HIS HOME BASE OF N85(ALEXANDRIA AIRPORT) IN NEW JERSEY. WITNESS REPORTED LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD FARM JUST PRIOR TO TIME OF ACCIDENT AND ON THE FLIGHT PATH WITHIN 1/4 MILE OF IMPACT LOCATION. WITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 50-80 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. TERRAIN IN DIRECTION OF FLIGHT WAS RISING AND WOODED. WITNESS STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE CLOUD/FOG LEVEL, ENGINE SOUNDED NORMAL, TRAVELING VERY FAST. WITNESS STATED THAT HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY ON THE GROUND WAS LESS THAN 300 FEET. WITNESS REPORTED THE WEATHER WAS FOGGY AND RAINY ALL DAY AT THAT LOCATION, FOG WAS MOST DENSE AND LOWEST AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. AIRCRAFT WAS PURCHASED NEW ON 1/14/2014 IN ROCHESTER WI. BY THE PILOT/OWNER WHO THEN FLEW ON 1/15/2014 FROM THAT LOCATION TO THE CRASH LOCATION. EXACT TIME AND ROUTE OF FLIGHT UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. CRASH OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES SOUTH EAST OF ALEXANDRIA AIRPORT. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION DID NOT INDICATE ANY ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT. NO CONTACT WITH LOCAL AIRTRAFFIC CONTROL COULD BE CONFIRMED. NO MEDICAL ISSUES WERE REPORTED BY FAA MEDICAL DIVISION.

## 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 ERA14FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA093), Jan 15, 2014: American Champion 8KCAB (N469J), Holland, NJ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, resulting in controlled flight into trees and terrain.

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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