# NTSB MKC68O0005: Champion 7ECA, N9674S, Rudge Lk.Ont, Canada, January 21, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 21, 1968
- Place: Rudge Lk.Ont, Canada · RUDGE LK.ONT, Canada
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 16, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111597
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC68O0005
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC68O0005

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0037  68/1/21    RUDGE LK.ONT,CAN    CHAMPION 7ECA       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 557
        TIME - 1245                    N9674S              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 492 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED BY GOVT OF CANADA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9674S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9674S-2013-10-29), registration cancelled 2013-10-29, S/N 187, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7ECA
- Registry model: [Champion 7ECA](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (registry code 21101NN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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