- Date
- March 24, 1981
- Place
- Chignik Lagoon, AK · CHIGNIK LAGOON, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4396CChampion 7EC
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810324014519A
- Case key
- 126814
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0414 81/3/24 CHIGNIK LAGOON,AK CHAMPION 7EC CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 34, 375 TIME - 1620 N4396C PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 190 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHIGNIK LAGOON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CHIGNIK LAGOON,AK ANCHORAGE,AK KING SALMON,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- 1ST FLT AFTER ENG INSTALLED.ACFT SANK IN 500FT OF OCEAN WTR.TEMP 40DEG,DEW POINT UNKN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4396C
- Reported as
- Champion 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chignik Lagoon
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.