# NTSB CHI88DER07: Champion 7CCM, N1744E, Int'L Falls, MN, August 6, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: August 5, 1988, 20:28 local (Aug 6, 1988, 01:28 UTC)
- Place: Int'L Falls, MN
- Coordinates: 48.579345, -93.399848 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5793&lon=-93.3998&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13892
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88DER07
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13892/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88DER07

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, maneuvering
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1744E-2012-08-10), registration cancelled 2012-08-10, S/N 7AC-5311, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7CCM
- Registry model: [Champion 7DC](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7dc) (registry code 21101NB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7AC-5311
- Airframe hours: 3781
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880805030619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880805030619A), Aug 5, 1988: Bbavia 7DC, International F, MN, Substantial damage, 2 fatal. Wreckage indicates floatplane ran out of fuel. Stalled and spun into a heavily wooded area near a lake.

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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