# NTSB CHI80FEM25: Champion 7KCAB, N1635G, Grant, MI, May 19, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 19, 1980
- Place: Grant, MI · GRANT, MI
- Location: 43.3340° N, 85.8099° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grant, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3340&lon=-85.8099&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 25, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 136378
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI80FEM25
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEM25

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1773  80/5/19    GRANT,MI            CHAMPION 7KCAB      CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 27, 760
        TIME - 1020                    N1635G              PX-  0  0  0  DEMONSTRATION             TOTAL HOURS, 135 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GRANT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          GRANT,MI                    LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
        REMARKS- DEMONSTRATION FLT FOR STATEMENT OF ACRO COMPETENCY.WITNESSES ESTIMATE SPIN ENTRY AT OR BLO 500FT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1635G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1635G-1985-07-25), registration cancelled 1985-07-25, S/N 110 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7KCAB
- Registry model: [Champion 7KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7kcab) (registry code 21101P3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Grant

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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