# Accident 20140707010802A: American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC, Cascade, ID, July 7, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2014, 07:23 local time
- Place: Cascade, ID
- Airport: Landmark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6008° N, 115.5225° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6008&lon=-115.5225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N162CG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N162CG-2015-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PL, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-B2B (registry code 42138, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-b2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-B2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,056 total, 587 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14FA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA283) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140707010802A

## Narrative

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

N162CG DEPARTED MCCALL AIRPORT (MYL) ENROUTE TO SULFER CREEK RANCH (PVT) FOR BREAKFAST. APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF LANDMARK AIRSTRIP (0U0) N7390K AND N162CG  COLLIDED. THE INFLIGHT CONTACT RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO N162CG'S  PROPELLER BLADES AND THE FUSELAGE BELLY, AND DAMAGE TO N7390K APPEARS TO BE THE TOP OF THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT AND VERTICAL STABILIZER. N7390K CONTACTED THE EARTH INVERTED AND CAUGHT FIRE. N162CG ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT THE LANDMARK AIRSTRIP BUT LANDED SHORT IN A MEADOW.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N7390K, Cessna R172K: [Accident 20140707010792A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140707010792A)

## 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 WPR14FA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA283), Jul 7, 2014: American Champion 7GCBC (N162CG), Landmark, ID, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the overtaking airplane’s pilot to maintain visual contact and separation from the airplane being overtaken.

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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