# NTSB SEA86FA004: Champion 7GCAA, N9623S, Oakley, ID, October 6, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: October 5, 1985, 19:23 local (Oct 6, 1985, 01:23 UTC)
- Place: Oakley, ID
- Coordinates: 42.180873, -113.859664 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1809&lon=-113.8597&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40257
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86FA004
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40257/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86FA004

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aerobatics - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - ostentatious display, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

LOW TIME PRIVATE PILOT HAD BORROWED AIRCRAFT FOR PERSONAL TRIP TO NEARBY AIRPORT. ON ARRIVAL, PILOT MADE FLY BY OF FRIEND'S RANCH TO SIGNAL FOR PICK UP AT AIRPORT. FRIEND GOT INTO AUTO AND HEADED FOR AIRPORT,STATED HE WAS DRIVING 60 MPH AND SAW AIRCRAFT IN REAR MIRROR, OVERTAKING. AIRCRAFT PASSED OVER AUTO,CAME INTO VIEW AHEAD, ENTERED SUDDEN AND ABRUPT RIGHT HAND SPIN TYPE MANEUVER AND CRASHED NOSE LOW, UPRIGHT ON ROAD SHOULDER. NO EVIDENCE FOUND OF MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE IN AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE, POWERPLANT OR SYSTEMS. NO EVIDENCE FOUND OF PILOT PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9623S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9623S-2018-01-30), registration cancelled 2018-01-30, S/N 89, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GCAA
- Registry model: [Champion 7GCAA](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gcaa) (registry code 21101N8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 89
- Airframe hours: 1454
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-A2B 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Darrell Schmidt
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, October 3, 1985, 5 hours before
- Departed: TWF, TWIN FALLS, ID
- Destination: 1U6, OAKELY, ID

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; toxicology performed

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BYI, 16 nm away

## 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 19851005048939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851005048939A), Oct 5, 1985: Bbavia 7GCAA, Oakley, ID, Destroyed. Attempted spin like maneuver close to ground. Impacted with no forward motion on shoulder of a road.

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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