# Accident 20150920022669A: Champion 7ECA, Talkeetna, AK, September 20, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2015, 20:15 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Talkeetna
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.3297° N, 150.0867° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3297&lon=-150.0867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9132L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9132L-2018-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 18,500 total, 27 in this make and model, 199 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15LA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15LA284) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150920022669A

## Narrative

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

MISHAP PILOT (MP) WAS DOING LOCAL TOUCH AND GOES AT TALKEETNA AIRPORT (TKA).

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES MP HAD JUST DONE A TOUCH AND GO WHEN ENGINE WENT SILENT. PILOT INITIATED A LEFT TURN IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED 1000' NORTH AND APPROXIMATELY 200' WEST OF CENTERLINE OF DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 36. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN AT A 70 DEGREE ANGLE,  IN GROVE OF SMALL WILLOW TREES.  PILOT WAS MED-EVAC'D AND UNAVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW. PILOT, THROUGH LAWYER, REPLIED TO WRITTEN QUESTIONS. IN PART STATED "...COULD NOT SEE LEFT WING FUEL GUAGE AS COVERED BY HEADLINER, RIGHT FUEL GAUGE INDICATED 1/4 FULL....6 GALLONS ESTIMATED FUEL LEFT."

## 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 GAA15LA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15LA284), Sep 21, 2015: Champion 7ECA (N9132L), Talkeetna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly calculate the fuel consumption rate and to properly monitor the fuel status in flight and his decision to continue the flight despite signs of an engine problem, which…

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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