# NTSB ANC90LA160: Champion 7ECA, N7651S, Cordova, AK, September 2, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 1, 1990, 21:52 local (Sep 2, 1990, 05:52 UTC)
- Place: Cordova, AK
- Coordinates: 60.790161, -145.609024 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7902&lon=-145.6090&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 15, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5442
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC90LA160
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5442/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA160

## Probable cause

FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S IMPROPER PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND PLANNING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Ditching, descent - emergency

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE RAN OUT OF FUEL AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO DITCH INTO THE OCEAN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND SANK INTO 200 FEET OF WATER. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7651S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7651S-1993-07-14), registration cancelled 1993-07-14, S/N 116676 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Champion 7ECA
- Registry model: [Bellanca 7ECA](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (registry code 1220460) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 116676
- Airframe hours: 2208
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Weimer, Jason
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 28, 1990, 10 hours before
- Departed: MRI, ANCHORAGE, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 115 total, 15 in this make and model, 115 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 52 °F

## 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 19900901037889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900901037889A), Sep 1, 1990: Bbavia 7ECA, Cordova, AK, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel en route and ditched in mud bay near Cordova, Alaska.

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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