- Date
- August 4, 1987, 17:00 local (Aug 5, 1987, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Central, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2644GChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870804042919A
- Case key
- 4884
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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.
Analysis
During an interview in the hospital with the passenger who was the pilot's son, he stated to the FAA inspector that his dad was low level flying when the aircraft struck a tree. The pilot lost control of the aircraft and crashed. At the time of the accident the pilot did not possess either a FAA pilot or medical certificate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2644G
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 452
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harold J. Sims
- Registered owner
- Harold J. Sims
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MTF · Fiarbanks, AK
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
- 57
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 59 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2644G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.