# Accident 20160813014409A: Champion 7ECA, Chugiak, AK, August 13, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2016, 13:30 local time
- Place: Chugiak, AK
- Airport: Birchwood Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4206° N, 149.4950° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4206&lon=-149.4950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9541S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9541S-2018-10-23) (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: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 207 total, 136 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC16FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16FA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160813014409A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 13TH 2016, THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM BIRCHWOOD AIRPORT RUNWAY 2R. SHORTLY AFTER CLIMB OUT THE AIRCRAFT TOOK A STEEP RIGHT TURN AND ENTERED A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE STALLING THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO CRASH BESIDE THE AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND POST-CRASH FIRE.

## 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 ANC16FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16FA057), Aug 13, 2016: Champion 7ECA (N9541S), Chugiak, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain proper airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during a steep low-altitude turn following a loss of engine power, which resulted in an…

## Other reports on N9541S (2)

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

- [Incident 20121019024679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121019024679I), Oct 19, 2012: Champion 7ECA (N9541S), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Airman stated that he was attempting to exit mid-field due to an aircraft waiting to depart 13. In anticipation of exiting left at H2 he began favoring the…
- [Accident 19890713022299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890713022299A), Jul 13, 1989: Bbavia 7ECA (N9541S), King Salmon, AK, Substantial damage. Landed halfway down an airstrip unable to stop, struck a seawall at end of runway. Flipped over into water and sank

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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