# Accident 20200303005659A: Champion 7GCAA, Sterling, AK, March 3, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2020, 08:30 local time
- Place: Sterling, AK
- Airport: Dutch Landing
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5391° N, 150.7894° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5391&lon=-150.7894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9632S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9632S-2021-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GCAA (registry code 21101N8, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcaa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GCAA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 70 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC20CA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200303005659A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 3, 2020 AT 8:30 AM LOCAL TIME, N9632S, AN AMERICAN CHAMPION 7GCAA,  SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE PILOT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY PLOWED AREA AT DUTCH LANDING (88AK).  THE AIRCRAFT'S MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEELS SANK INTO THE SNOW CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER COMING TO REST INVERTED AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND BOTH SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 ANC20CA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA029), Mar 3, 2020: Champion 7GCAA (N9632S), Sterling, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance during approach, which resulted in the airplane impacting an area of deep snow. A factor associated with the accident was flat light conditions.

## Other reports on N9632S (2)

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

- [Incident 20190629008609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190629008609I), Jun 29, 2019: Champion 7GCAA (N9632S), Kenai, AK, Minor damage. Landing on unimproved gravel river bed, approach was to high and to long over shot landing area and hit lager rocks at the end of the area. Gear collapsed and…
- [Accident 19981122045079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981122045079A), Nov 22, 1998: Bbavia 7GCAA (N9632S), Aurora, CO, Substantial damage. (.4) The pilot on runway 32 (4,687 ft. x 38 ft., asphalt) with a right `gusty' crosswind. After touch down, the tail wheel began to `shimmy.' The pilot said he…

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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