20250117012989A

Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · American Champion 7ECA · Longview, TX · January 17, 2025

Date
January 17, 2025 · 15:48 local
Place
Longview, TX
Airport
East Texas Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
GM8S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N798L
Reported as
American Champion 7ECA
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

The aircraft rudder broke apart from the lower attachment point

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT RUDDER BROKE APART FROM THE LOWER ATTACHMENT POINT

Other reports on N798L · 1

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