# NTSB CHI71FDW06: Champion 7ECA, N5238X, Wixom, MI, July 18, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 18, 1970
- Place: Wixom, MI · WIXOM, MI
- Location: 42.5228° N, 83.5302° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wixom, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5228&lon=-83.5302&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 22, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109667
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI71FDW06
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI71FDW06

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3104  70/7/18    WIXOM,MICH          CHAMPION 7ECA       CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 56, 69 TOTAL
        TIME - 1335                    N5238X              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SPENCER FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MILAN,MICH                  WIXOM,MICH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION
        REMARKS- TCHDWN APRX MIDFIELD,1840FT SOD STRIP.RAN OFF END OF RWY,INIATED GO-AROUND,HIT TREE 20FT AGL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5238X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7ECA
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Spencer Field

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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