# Accident 20140906017179A: Champion 7GCAA, Alpine, TX, September 6, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2014, 18:30 local time
- Place: Alpine, TX
- Airport: Alpine-Casparis Municipal Airp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3842° N, 103.6836° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALPINE-CASPARIS MUNI (E38), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3842&lon=-103.6836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2535F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2535F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCAA (registry code 21101N8, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcaa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GCAA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,073 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140906017179A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 LOCAL TIME, AIRCRAFT N2535F, A SINGLE ENGINE CITABRIA, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER, STRUCK THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALPINE, TEXAS.  THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED HEAVY RAIN AND DETERIORATING METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A DIRT ROAD AND IMPACTED TERRAIN.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER PART 91 VISUAL FLIGHT RULES.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND WAS NOT INJURED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A PERSONAL VFR FLIGHT.  THE INTENDED DESTINATION WAS THE ALPINE-CASPARIS MUNICPAL AIRPORT (E38).  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ODESSA, TEXAS (KODO) AT APPROXIMATELY 1745 LOCAL TIME.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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