Champion 7EC N141A

Summary

On 2 September 1982 at about 21:33 local time, a Champion 7EC registered N141A, operated by Larry Heinrich & Jack Scanlon, was involved in an accident near Near Isleton, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 September 1982 at 21:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Near Isleton, California, United States

Coordinates

38.1607, -121.5900

Aircraft

Champion 7EC

Registration

N141A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Larry Heinrich & Jack Scanlon

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Modesto → Modesto

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82FA329

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE ON A LOCAL FLIGHT TO FLY TO THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER DELTA TO OBSERVE AND PHOTOGRAPH A BREAK IN THE RIVER'S LEVEL, AS WELL AS THE PASSENGER'S BOAT. A CONSENSUS OF THE WITNESSES WAS THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS CIRCLING THE AREA WHEN IT STRUCK UNMARKED POWER LINES THAT TRAVERSED THE RIVER. AFTER IMPACT, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE WATER AND SANK. LATER, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE DISCLOSED NO EVIDENCE OF PREEXISTING MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE THAT WOULD HAVE AFFECTED THE PLANE'S PERFORMANCE. THE PILOT DID NOT POSSESS A CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.