# NTSB DEN72DQD19: Champion 7EC, N4307C, Montoya, NM, December 12, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 12, 1971
- Place: Montoya, NM · MONTOYA, NM
- Location: 35.0998° N, 104.0639° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montoya, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0998&lon=-104.0639&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 9, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164863
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN72DQD19
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN72DQD19

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4391  71/12/12   MONTOYA,N MEX       CHAMPION 7EC        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 45, 104
        TIME - 1335                    N4307C              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SUNLAND AIRPARK
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MONTOYA,N MEX               LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
        REMARKS- PSGR HIT HEEL BRKS ON TKOF,ACFT VEERED R,BCM AB,LNDD TO R OF RWY IN MUD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4307C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4307C-2021-10-30), registration cancelled 2021-10-30, S/N 7EC-307, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7EC
- Registry model: [Champion 7EC](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7ec) (registry code 21101NM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Sunland Airpark

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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