Champion 7HC N8937R
16 August 1986 · Epsom, New Hampshire, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 16 August 1986 at about 22:45 local time, a Champion 7HC registered N8937R was involved in an accident near Epsom, New Hampshire, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 22:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Epsom, New Hampshire, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Champion 7HC
- Registration
- N8937R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Manchester → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC86FNC08
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
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
A STUDENT PILOT AND PASSENGER ON A LOCAL FLIGHT COLLIDED WITH A TREE, CRASHED AND BURNED. NO MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND WITH THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE. THE PLTS FLT TIME WAS NOT REPORTED OR AVAILABLE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 1986 | Champion 7GCBC | Kuskatan River, Alaska, United States | Donald J. Kleven | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1986 | Champion 7GCAA | Falcon, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Aug 1986 | Champion 7FC | Baltimore, Maryland, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 May 1986 | Champion 7KCAB | Crete, Nebraska, United States | D. Bauman & J. Gill | No injuries | - |
| 1 Feb 1986 | Champion 7ECA | Vincentown, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jun 1986 | Champion 7KCAB | Ormond Beach, Florida, United States | Kevin J. Gillespie | No injuries | - |
All 1,471 records for this type
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 1986 | Enstrom F-28A | Belmont, New Hampshire, United States | Leon J. Riel | No injuries | - |
| 25 May 1986 | Piper J-3 | Milan, New Hampshire, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 2 Aug 1986 | Cessna 150M | Nashua, New Hampshire, United States | Robert R. Levesque | Serious injuries | - |
| 20 Sep 1986 | Cessna 205 | Twin Mountain, New Hampshire, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 13 Jan 1986 | Bell 47J2A | Atkinson, New Hampshire, United States | Elio Pasquale | No injuries | - |
| 24 Feb 1986 | Cessna 152 | Nashua, New Hampshire, United States | Davidson Flight Service, Inc. | No injuries | - |