# NTSB MKC70A0002: Champion 7KCAB, N6354N, Vally Center, KS, July 29, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 29, 1969
- Place: Vally Center, KS · VALLY CENTER, KS
- Location: 37.8330° N, 97.3677° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valley Center, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8330&lon=-97.3677&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 15, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164755
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC70A0002
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70A0002

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2580  69/7/29    VALLY CENTER,KANS   CHAMPION 7KCAB      CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1915                    N6354N              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 27, 2065 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            64 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ROBINSON
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          VALLY CENTER,KANS           WICHITA,KANS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD IN STEEPLY BANKED CLIMBING L TURN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6354N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6354N-1970-06-26), registration cancelled 1970-06-26, S/N 39 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7KCAB
- Registry model: [Champion 7KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7kcab) (registry code 21101P3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Robinson

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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