# Accident 20170430003689A: Champion 7KCAB, Collinston, LA, April 30, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2017, 16:35 local time
- Place: Collinston, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6844° N, 91.8519° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6844&lon=-91.8519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1899G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1899G-2020-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7KCAB (registry code 21101P3, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7KCAB
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 596 total, 15 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17FA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170430003689A

## Narrative

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

AERIAL APPLICATION INSTRUCTION TAKING PLACE.  WITNESS STATED AIRPLANE CIRCLED THE INTENDED FIELD THEN COMMENCED A PRACTICE SPRAY RUN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ALONG THE EDGE OF THE FIELD.

WHEN THE AIRPLANE GOT TO THE END OF THE RUN, THE AIRPLANE PITCHED UP INTO THE TOP THREE POWERLINES. TWO OF THE POWERLINES STRETCHED AND BROKE, BUT THE THIRD POWERLINE SNAGGED ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND DRUG THE AIRPLANE TO THE GROUND.

IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHICH PILOT WAS CONTROLLING THE AIRPLANE WHEN THIS EVENT OCCURRED.

## 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 CEN17FA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA169), Apr 30, 2017: Champion 7KCAB (N1899G), Collinston, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the flight instructor and the commercial pilot to maintain adequate clearance from a power line during an aerial application training flight.

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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