# Accident 20160706011809A: Champion 7EC, Placedo, TX, July 6, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2016, 10:00 local time
- Place: Placedo, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6642° N, 96.7769° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6642&lon=-96.7769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9891B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9891B-2021-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7EC (registry code 21101NM, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7ec) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7EC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 13,525 total, 20 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA251) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160706011809A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN16LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA251), Jul 6, 2016: Champion 7EC (N9891B), Placedo, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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…

## Other reports on N9891B (2)

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

- [Accident 20200703011599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200703011599A), Jul 3, 2020: Champion 7EC (N9891B), Port O'Conner, TX, Substantial damage. On 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…
- [Accident 19921226051669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921226051669A), Dec 26, 1992: Bbavia STC7 (N9891B), Weatherford, TX, Substantial damage. Low pass over Private strip to chase cows for landing engine failed respond. Landed and rolled into trees.

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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