- Date
- March 12, 1984, 18:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4374CChampion 7EC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840312006599A
- Case key
- 4194
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experienceCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Throttle/power control - delayedCause
Main gear collapsed
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Landing gear,main gear attachment - overloadFactor
Analysis
The acft swerved and collided with a snowbank during landing. The wind was calm and the rwy dry. After the collision the right landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4374C
- Reported as
- Champion 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 398
- Airframe hours
- 2,238
- Engine
- Continental G-90-12F, 95 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aloysius Jacob Koch III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1983
- Departed
- Z-15 · Chugiak, AK
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill Filed, runway 33, 2,469 × 60 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 79 total · 14 in this make and model · 44 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.