# NTSB CHI01LA236: Champion 7KCAB, N7537F, Brooklyn, MI, July 22, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 22, 2001, 16:20 local (20:20 UTC) - Place: Brooklyn, MI - Coordinates: 42.099239, -84.239326 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0992&lon=-84.2393&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious - Status: Completed, report January 16, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - Detroit FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 52912 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI01LA236 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/52912/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA236 ## Probable cause The forced landing for undetermined reasons. A factor to the accident was the corn crop. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Undetermined, unknown - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause) - Forced landing, descent - In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor) ## Analysis According to the support ground crew, the aircraft had been fully fueled prior to the 1540 departure and had flown with a banner for approximately 40 minutes prior to the accident. The ground crew reported that the aircraft had returned to the airport to drop the banner, retrieve a new banner, and continue with the flight over the Michigan International Speedway. According to the ground crew, the banner did not release from the aircraft during the low approach, and the aircraft executed a go-around in order to enter another traffic pattern. The ground crew stated that the aircraft climbed toward the north and noted no anomalies with the aircraft or its operation. The aircraft was observed to descend and attempt a landing into a cornfield north of the airport. The pilot reported that he has no recollection of the accident. No anomalies were found with the airframe or its flight controls that could be associated with any pre-impact condition. The banner was found still attached to the aircraft and was not obstructing any flight controls. The engine was successfully test-run while still attached to the airframe. No anomalies were found during the test-run that could be associated with any pre-impact condition. ## Factual narrative On July 22, 2001, at 1620 eastern daylight time, a Champion 7KCAB, N7537F, piloted by a commercial pilot, sustained substantial damage during an in-flight collision with the terrain near Brooklyn, Michigan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The banner-tow flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 and was not on an active flight plan. The pilot, the sole occupant, received serious injuries. The flight departed the Shamrock Field Airport, Brooklyn, Michigan, at 1540 for the local flight. According to the support ground crew, the aircraft had been fully fueled prior to the 1540 departure and had flown with a banner for approximately 40 minutes prior to the accident. The ground crew reported that the aircraft had returned to the airport to drop the banner, retrieve a new banner, and continue with the flight over the Michigan International Speedway. According to the ground crew, the banner did not release from the aircraft during the low approach, and the aircraft executed a go-around in order to enter another traffic pattern. The ground crew stated that the aircraft climbed toward the north and noted no anomalies with the aircraft or its operation. The aircraft was observed to descend and attempt a landing into a cornfield north of the airport. The pilot reported that he has no recollection of the accident. An inspector with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) performed the post-accident inspection of the airplane and its engine. No anomalies were found with the airframe or its flight controls that could be associated with any pre-impact condition. The banner was found still attached to the aircraft and was not obstructing any flight controls. The engine was successfully test-run while still attached to the airframe. No anomalies were found during the test-run that could be associated with any pre-impact condition. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N7537F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7537F-2013-07-15), registration cancelled 2013-07-15, S/N 278-70, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Champion 7KCAB - Registry model: [Champion 7KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7kcab) (registry code 21101P3) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320-E2A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-e2a) (registry code 41919, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 278-70 - Airframe hours: 4600 - Engines: Lycoming IO-320-E2A 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Other work use, Part 91 - Registered owner: Cubby Aviaiton, LLC. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, July 2, 2001, 25 hours before - Departed: 6G8, Brooklyn, MI - Destination: 6G8, Brooklyn, MI ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 28; injuries: serious; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; last flight review March 20, 2001; seat: front; flight hours: 1,820 total, 102 in this make and model, 1,700 as pilot in command, 151 in the last 90 days, 47 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 200° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 72 °F - Altimeter: 29.88 inHg - Observed at: ARB, 23 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 20010722026539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010722026539A), Jul 22, 2001: Bbavia 7KCAB, Brooklyn, MI, No damage. (-23) Upon executing a go around at shamrock airport (6G8) and during climb out engine power was lost. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.