# NTSB ANC84FA044: Champion 7EC, N4374C, Anchorage, AK, March 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 12, 1984, 18:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.220554, -149.84938 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2206&lon=-149.8494&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4194
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC84FA044
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4194/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84FA044

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - throttle/power control - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4374C), registered now, S/N 7EC-398, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7EC
- Registry model: [Champion 7EC](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7ec) (registry code 21101NM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 398
- Airframe hours: 2238
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840312006599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840312006599A), Mar 12, 1984: Bbavia 7EC, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control after touchdown. Ran off the runway and struck a light and a snowbank.

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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