# NTSB UNK64X2016: Champion 7GC, N8975R, Anchorage, AK, May 30, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 30, 1964
- Place: Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 2, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183547
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0295  64/5/30    ANCHORAGE ALASKA    CHAMPION 7GC        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 55, 200
        TIME - 1722                    N8975R              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CAMPBELL ARMY AF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE
           PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT
        REMARKS- SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8975R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8975R-1964-11-23), registration cancelled 1964-11-23, S/N 7HC-27 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7HC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7hc) (registry code 2110134) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Campbell Army Af

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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