# NTSB ANC25LA062: Champion 7ECA, N5169X, Wasilla, AK, July 2, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 1, 2025, 16:20 local (Jul 2, 2025, 00:20 UTC) - Place: Wasilla, AK - Coordinates: 61.394728, -149.84244 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.3947&lon=-149.8424&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 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): 200460 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC25LA062 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200460/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200460 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA062 ## Probable cause The pilot’s excessive use of brakes during landing roll, which resulted in a nose-over. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Landing gear system: landing gear brakes system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023240): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Champion 7ECA, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023240/cases.md?model=21101NN), [All aircraft, 92 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023240/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 7ECA, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md?model=21101NN), [All aircraft, 238 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Champion 7ECA, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=21101NN), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Champion 7ECA, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=21101NN), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The instructor pilot, seated in the back seat, reported that they had completed eleven landings in a tailwheel-equipped airplane. Five landings were touch-and-go, two were go-around and four were full stop-and-go. The instructor pilot reported that on the last landing the airplane touched down smoothly but he subsequently lost directional control, and inadvertently applied excessive braking, resulting in a nose over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the rudder, left wing struts and vertical stabilizer. The instructor pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5169X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5169X), registered now, S/N 676, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7ECA - Registry model: [Champion 7ECA](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (registry code 21101NN) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 676 - Year built: 1969 - Airframe hours: 8807 - Engines: Lycoming O-235-C1 115 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Jin Jin Aviation LLC - Registered owner: Jin Jin Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 2025 - Departed: Z40, Goose Bay, AK - Airport: Z40, Goose Bay Airport, runway 26, 3,000 × 75 ft, dirt - Equipment: ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 32; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review April 24, 2025; seat: rear; flight hours: 415 total, 50 in this make and model, 325 as pilot in command, 67 in the last 90 days, 38 in the last 30 days, 1.6 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 29; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review October 8, 2024; seat: front; flight hours: 674 total, 2 in this make and model, 616 as pilot in command, 147 in the last 90 days, 38 in the last 30 days, 2.8 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 54 °F - Altimeter: 29.84 inHg - Observed at: PAWS, 14 nm away - METAR: PAWS 020056Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW045 22/12 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP105 T02170117 ## 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 20250702014939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250702014939A), Jul 2, 2025: Champion 7ECA, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. 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… ## Other investigations on N5169X (2) 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. - [NTSB ANC96LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA036), Mar 22, 1996: Bellanca 7ECA (N5169X), Chugiak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's selection of an unsuitable area for landing. - [NTSB CHI73FEV10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEV10), Sep 4, 1972: Champion 7ECA (N5169X), Pittsfield, IL, substantial damage ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 21, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200460. 72.3 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 70.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19011172&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA062%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigative photographs (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19010852&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA062%20photo-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. 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