# Accident 20250117012989A: American Champion Aircraft 7ECA, Longview, TX, January 17, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2025, 15:48 local time
- Place: Longview, TX
- Airport: East Texas Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: GM8S
- Location: 32.3840° N, 94.7115° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAST TEXAS RGNL (GGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3840&lon=-94.7115&mi=10
- Aircraft: N798L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N798L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 7ECA (registry code 2120003, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-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: AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250117012989A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT RUDDER BROKE  APART FROM THE LOWER ATTACHMENT POINT

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N798L (1)

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

- [Accident 20240415011009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240415011009A), Apr 15, 2024: American Champion Aircraft 7ECA (N798L), Longview, TX, Substantial damage. On short final approach during this dual instruction training flight, the instructor allowed the student to slow the aircraft to below the published vref speed…

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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