# Accident 20150816017869A: Champion 7HC, Coldfoot, AK, August 16, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2015, 20:50 local time
- Place: Coldfoot, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 67.9769° N, 149.7525° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=67.9769&lon=-149.7525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8556E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8556E-2018-03-07) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 110 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC15CA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC15CA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150816017869A

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN STATED HE WAS IN A CLIMB TO GET THROUGH THE PASS WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED SPUTTERING. HE TURNED BACK TO COLD FOOT AND IT GOT WORSE, CRASHED ON THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN NEAR ATIGUN PASS.

## 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 ANC15CA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC15CA064), Aug 16, 2015: Champion 7HC (N8556E), Coldfoot, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to carburetor icing and the pilot's failure to recognize conditions favorable for carburetor icing and apply use of carburetor heat.

## Other reports on N8556E (1)

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

- [Incident 19870822058219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870822058219I), Aug 22, 1987: Bbavia 7HC (N8556E), North Pole, AK, Minor damage. Engine quit. Landed on a river gravel bar. A piston cylinder had broken.

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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