# NTSB SEA72AS031: Champion 7GCBC, N7520F, Holbrook, ID, February 13, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 13, 1972
- Place: Holbrook, ID · HOLBROOK, ID
- Location: 42.1619° N, 112.6539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Holbrook, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1619&lon=-112.6539&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 12, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164711
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA72AS031
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72AS031

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0054  72/2/13    HOLBROOK,ID         CHAMPION 7GCBC      CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 48,
        TIME - 1510                    N7520F              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  300 TOTAL HOURS, 114 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LA GRANGE,OREG              STERLING,COLO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - SNOW
           WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
           WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- ACFT IMPACTED GND IN STEEP NS DN ATT,IN A R BNK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7520F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7520F-1972-04-10), registration cancelled 1972-04-10, S/N 203-70 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GCBC
- Registry model: [Champion 7GCBC](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcbc) (registry code 21101PK) (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; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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