# Accident 20160525005779A: Champion 7ECA, Brookings, OR, May 25, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2016, 10:37 local time
- Place: Brookings, OR
- Airport: Brookings
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0711° N, 124.2872° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0711&lon=-124.2872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9583S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9583S-2019-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7ECA
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16CA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160525005779A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ANNUAL COMPLETED 4-5-16 WITH NO OPEN DISCREPANCIES.  MORNING OF ACCIDENT PILOT WAS EXPECTING TO WITH  CFI.  CFI DID NOT SHOW.  PILOT REPORTEDLY WAS RUNNING UP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE PUTTING IT AWAY IN HANGAR.  PILOT TAXIED TO RUNWAY 12 AND WITNESSES SAID ABOUT 50% POWER WAS APPLIED AND AIRCRAFT WENT DOWN RUNWAY AND WAS AIRBORN WITH NO CHANGE IN POWER.  AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT AND CIRCLED BACK.  WITNESSES STATE AIRCRAFT WAS NOW FULL THROTTLE AND WENT FULL LENGTH OF RUNWAY AT ABOUT 3 FEET WITHOUT TOUCHDOWN.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AREA FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND RETURNED TO RUNWAY 12 AIRCRAFT FLEW ABOUT 600 YARDS DOWN THE RUNWAY BEFORE TOUCH DOWN AND PROCEEDED ANOTHER 100 YARDS WITH FULL THROTTLE THEN AIRCRAFT SWERVED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT OVER AN EMBANKMENT INTO DENSE BRUSH.  PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT AND CLIMBED EMBANKMENT AND WAS MET BY WITNESSES.  AMBULANCE TOOK PILOT TO LOCAL HOSPITAL.

## 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 WPR16CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16CA121), May 25, 2016: Champion 7ECA (N9583S), Brookings, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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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