# NTSB ANC21LA091: Champion 7GCBC, N6357N, Nenana, AK, September 18, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: September 18, 2021, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Nenana, AK
- Coordinates: 64.310083, -147.3275 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.3101&lon=-147.3275&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 103917
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC21LA091
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103917/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103917
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA091

## Probable cause

The pilots over application of the brakes during landing, which resulted in a nose-over.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Champion 7GCBC, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=21101PK), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Landing gear system: brake](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023242): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Champion 7GCBC, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023242/cases.md?model=21101PK), [All aircraft, 297 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023242/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: surface speed/braking](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Champion 7GCBC, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md?model=21101PK), [All aircraft, 238 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md)
- [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Champion 7GCBC, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=21101PK), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Champion 7GCBC, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=21101PK), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Champion 7GCBC, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=21101PK), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that while landing in gusty wind conditions, the airplane drifted to the right before touchdown. As the airplane “hit the ground”, he reduced the engine power, and applied the brakes. Subsequently, he over applied the brakes and the airplane nosed over coming to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings and empennage. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6357N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6357N), registered now, S/N 95, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GCBC
- Registry model: [Champion 7GCBC](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcbc) (registry code 21101PK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 95
- Year built: 1967
- Airframe hours: 1503.37
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 SERIES 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 22, 2021
- Departed: 5ak3, North Pole, AK
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: 2AK1, Blair Lake, runway 15/33, 1,530 × 50 ft
- Equipment: None

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review March 14, 2020; seat: front; restraint: 5-point; flight hours: 265 total, 172 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 8 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 45 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 29.69 inHg
- Observed at: PAEI, 28 nm away
- METAR: PAEI 182256Z 19008G17KT 10SM CLR 07/M04 A2969 RMK AO2A SLP062 T00701044 $

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20210918015939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210918015939A), Sep 18, 2021: Champion 7GCBC, Salcha, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft nosed over during landing on an off field strip (approx 30 miles south of north pole, AK) in windy conditions.

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 18, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103917. 1.9 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12785791&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Accident pictures (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 279 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12785856&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Pictures-Rel.pdf

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.

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