20240721013139A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Champion 7ECA · Beaufort, NC · July 21, 2024

Date
July 21, 2024 · 20:49 local
Place
Beaufort, NC
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9581S
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA24LA311
Reported as
Champion 7ECA
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
9,700 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Aircraft accident: @0045Z rdu was advised that an aircraft was involved in an accident at the intersection of 1711 NC-101 and merrell farm rd, Beaufort NC. By the north carolina highway patrol. The aircraft was found upside down in the grass, close to the edge of highway 101 and the road had been closed off until the aircraft could be moved. There were 2 persons abord and both sustained injuries. The pilot was transported to privacy data omitted and the passenger was transported by air to privacy data omitted.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT: @0045Z RDU WAS ADVISED THAT AN AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF 1711 NC-101 AND MERRELL FARM RD, BEAUFORT NC. BY THE NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND UPSIDE DOWN IN THE GRASS, CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF HIGHWAY 101 AND THE ROAD HAD BEEN CLOSED OFF UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT COULD BE MOVED. THERE WERE 2 PERSONS ABORD AND BOTH SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE PILOT WAS TRANSPORTED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THE PASSENGER WAS TRANSPORTED BY AIR TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N9581S · 1

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