# NTSB OAK76AP018: Champion 7ECA, N1810G, Winters, CA, October 13, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 13, 1975
- Place: Winters, CA · WINTERS, CA
- Location: 38.5333° N, 121.9755° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winters, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5333&lon=-121.9755&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report November 26, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 151148
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK76AP018
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP018

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3187  75/10/13 NR.WINTERS,CA         CHAMPION 7ECA       CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2011
        TIME - 0500                    N1810G              PX-  0  1  0  SEARCH AND RESCUE         TOTAL HOURS, 87 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - YOLO COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         WINTERS,CA                   FRESNO,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          PARTIAL OBSCURATION                                      UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          2 MILES OR LESS                                          NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          FOG                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1810G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1810G-1975-12-15), registration cancelled 1975-12-15, S/N 539, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7ECA
- Registry model: [Champion 7ECA](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (registry code 21101NN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Yolo County

## 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 19751013035349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751013035349A), Oct 13, 1975: Blanca 7ECA, Winters, CA, 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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