# Accident 20160529025139A: American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC, Warner, NH, May 29, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2016, 19:00 local time
- Place: Warner, NH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2536° N, 71.8644° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2536&lon=-71.8644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80RK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80RK-2017-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PL, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 450 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16CA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160529025139A

## Narrative

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

NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT INADVERTENTLY CONTINUED CRUISE FLIGHT INTO DETERIORATING CONDITIONS.  AFTER ENTERING IMC AND ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB AWAY FROM MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, SPATIAL DISORIENTATION RESULTED IN A SPIRAL DESCENT AND IMPACT.  PREVAILING CONDITIONS WERE MIST, RAIN, AND LOW CEILINGS.

## 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 ERA16CA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA197), May 29, 2016: American Champion 7GCBC (N80RK), Warner, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: An encounter with instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot's spatial disorientation and a loss of airplane control.

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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