- Date
- July 6, 1984, 20:15 local (Jul 7, 1984, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Juneau, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6332NChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840706059749A
- Case key
- 39965
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The cowling of the acft came loose and the plt reduced power because of the vibration. An emergency was declared and theplt attempted a 180 degree turn at an alt of 400 ft AGL. A stall was entered and the acft hit a channel where the water was about 10 ft deep.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6332N
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 299
- Airframe hours
- 1,556
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Warren Grant
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 24, 1984
- Departed
- JNU · Juneau, AK
- Destination
- JNU · Juneau, AK
- Airport
- JNU · Juneau International Arpt, runway 8, 8,456 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 457 total · 345 in this make and model · 377 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JNU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.