# NTSB NYC81FGT12: Champion 7KCAB, N7541F, Towanda, PA, September 19, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 19, 1981
- Place: Towanda, PA · TOWANDA, PA
- Location: 41.7709° N, 76.4454° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Towanda, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7709&lon=-76.4454&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 16, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 123672
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC81FGT12
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FGT12

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2014  81/9/19    TOWANDA,PA          CHAMPION 7KCAB      CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 58, 849
        TIME - 1410                    N7541F              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TOWANDA,PA                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE
        REMARKS- CRASHED NR FRIEND'S HOME AFTER STARTING A TURNING/ROLLING MNVR FM 300 TO 500FT AGL.WND GSTG 24KTS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7541F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7541F-1984-10-23), registration cancelled 1984-10-23, S/N 280-70 (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

## 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 19810919064309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810919064309A), Sep 19, 1981: Bbavia 7KCAB, Towanda, PA, Destroyed. Dived into ground from low altitude inverted. Flight had been acrobatics with airplane prior to crash.

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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