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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Champion 7EC · Placedo, TX · July 6, 2016

Date: July 6, 2016 · 10:00 local
Place: Placedo, TX
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N9891B
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN16LA251
Reported as: Champion 7EC
Reported engine: Continental 0-200 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,525 total20 in this make and model51 in the last 90 days

N9891BRegistration cancelled Sep 4, 2021 · Champion 7ECS/N 211 · Built 1958 Airframe modelChampion 7EC Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During cruise flight the engine sputtered and quit then restarted. Moments later the engine quit running and could not be restarted. The PIC choose a landing site and placed the aircraft in a corn field significantly damaging the tubular airframe structure. Fuel was noted to be onboard in the tanks and had flow at the strainer.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND QUIT THEN RESTARTED. MOMENTS LATER THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THE PIC CHOOSE A LANDING SITE AND PLACED THE AIRCRAFT IN A CORN FIELD SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGING THE TUBULAR AIRFRAME STRUCTURE. FUEL WAS NOTED TO BE ONBOARD IN THE TANKS AND HAD FLOW AT THE STRAINER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN16LA251Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPlacedo, TXThe inadequate annual inspection of the fuel system that failed to detect a deteriorated fuel line and a misrigged fuel selector, which resulted in fuel starvation and a subsequent total loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the mechanic’s…Jul 6, 2016 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N9891B · 2

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

Accident 20200703011599ACruise/Level Flight · Port O'Conner, TXOn July 14, 2020 12:15 CDT N9891B a Champion 7EC lost power to the engine, and landed in a field near Port O'Conner, TX. The aircraft main landing collapsed and the engine was partially torn from the engine mount. The broken carburator began leaking fuel…Jul 3, 2020 · Substantial damage Accident 19921226051669AForced Landing · Weatherford, TXLow pass over Private strip to chase cows for landing engine failed respond. Landed and rolled into trees.Dec 26, 1992 · Reported as Bbavia STC7 · Substantial damage