- Date
- August 5, 1988, 20:28 local (Aug 6, 1988, 01:28 UTC)
- Place
- Int'L Falls, MN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1744EChampion 7CCM
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880805030619A
- Case key
- 13892
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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
There were no eyewitnesses to this accident. The aircraft with an instructor and student aboard was reported missing. When located the seaplane had descended into a wooded swamp and the aircraft was substantially damaged and both occupants received fatal injuries. Inspection of the aircraft revealed an intact fuel system with no fuel present in the tank, lines or carburetor bowl.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1744E
- Reported as
- Champion 7CCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-5311
- Airframe hours
- 3,781
- Engine
- Continental C-90-8F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dennis L. Norwig
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1988 · 58 hours before
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,257 total · 508 in this make and model · 1,113 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 240° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- INL, 16 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.