# NTSB SEA68D0093: Champion 7EC, N4301C, Wolf Point, MT, August 14, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 14, 1967
- Place: Wolf Point, MT · WOLF POINT, MT
- Location: 48.0931° N, 105.6414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wolf Point, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0931&lon=-105.6414&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 11, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115371
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA68D0093
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68D0093

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3264  67/8/14    WOLF POINT,MONT     CHAMPION 7EC        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 795
        TIME - 1250                    N4301C              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 545 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
           TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- LANDED IN IRRIGATED SOD FIELD. GRASS 8-10 INCHES HIGH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4301C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4301C-1990-10-30), registration cancelled 1990-10-30, S/N 7EC301 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7EC
- Registry model: [Champion 7EC](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7ec) (registry code 21101NM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N4301C (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN90LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA070), Mar 4, 1990: Champion 7EC (N4301C), Pine Ridge, SD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED, AFTER DIVERTING HIS ATTENTION, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL.

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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