# NTSB DEN87LA184: Champion 7ECA, N11024, Devils Lake, ND, July 16, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 16, 1987, 17:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place: Devils Lake, ND
- Coordinates: 48.110416, -98.870239 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1104&lon=-98.8702&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17271
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA184
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17271/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA184

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PVT PLT, AN A&P MECHANIC, WAS COMMUTING HOME FROM THE LOCAL AIRPORT IN HIS AIRCRAFT. UPON LANDING, THE MAIN GEAR SANK INTO SOFT SOIL AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N11024](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11024-1991-03-26), registration cancelled 1991-03-26, S/N 4 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7ECA
- Registry model: [Champion 7ECA](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (registry code 21101NN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4
- Airframe hours: 1025
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Michael D. Kalliokoski
- Registered owner: Michael D Kalliokoski
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility; Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection: Annual, April 14, 1987, 29 hours before
- Departed: DVL, DEVILS LAKE, ND

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 342 total, 8 in this make and model, 342 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

## 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 19870716042679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870716042679A), Jul 16, 1987: Bbavia 7ECA, Devils Lake, ND, Substantial damage. Landed in a fallow field beside pilots home. Landing gear sank into soft dirt and the aircraft nosed over.

## Other investigations on N11024 (2)

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.

- [NTSB DEN87FA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87FA224), Aug 26, 1987: Champion 7ECA (N11024), Devils Lake, ND, destroyed
- [NTSB MIA65F0113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA65F0113), Apr 25, 1965: Champion 7ECA (N11024), Charlotte, NC, substantial damage

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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