# NTSB LAX85LA151: Champion 7GC, N4846E, Yuba City, CA, February 22, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 22, 1985, 15:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place: Yuba City, CA
- Coordinates: 39.049243, -121.610137 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0492&lon=-121.6101&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24659
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA151
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24659/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA151

## Sequence of events

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

- Main gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,main gear - undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PLT WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER PLT THAT HIS RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS HANGING DOWN. THE PLT PERFORMED A FLY-BY THEN PROCEEDED TO LAND THE ACFT IN A GRASS AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. THE ACFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING THE LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4846E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GC
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7GC-46
- Engines: LYCOMING O-290 135 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Raymond C. Hoxworth
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 052
- Airport: 052, Sutter County Arpt, runway 35, 3,040 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 832 total, 6 in this make and model, 799 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °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 19850222004209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850222004209A), Feb 22, 1985: Bbavia 7GC, Yuba City, CA, Substantial damage. Right main wheel assembly seen hanging down after liftoff. Landed in grass area near runway.

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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