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FAA accident report · Champion 7ECA · Anchorage, AK · July 2, 2025

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Date
July 2, 2025 · 16:30 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Goose Bay
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5169X
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC25LA062
Reported as
Champion 7ECA
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
424 total50 in this make and model65 in the last 90 days
N5169XRegistered now · Champion 7ECAS/N 676 · Built 1969Airframe modelChampion 7ECAEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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 flight instructor was conducting tailwheel instruction on a gravel landing strip. During the landing rollout, the aircraft began to veer off the runway. In an attempt to realign the aircraft, the instructor over-applied the brakes, causing the propeller to strike the ground and the aircraft nosing over and ultimately coming to rest upside down.

As the FAA filed it

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS CONDUCTING TAILWHEEL INSTRUCTION ON A GRAVEL LANDING STRIP. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY. IN AN ATTEMPT TO REALIGN THE AIRCRAFT, THE INSTRUCTOR OVER-APPLIED THE BRAKES, CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSING OVER AND ULTIMATELY COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB ANC25LA062Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportWasilla, AKThe pilot’s excessive use of brakes during landing roll, which resulted in a nose-over.Jul 2, 2025 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N5169X · 11

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

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