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Champion 7AC N81725

11 June 1988 · Coldfoot, Alaska, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 11 June 1988 at about 00:00 local time, a Champion 7AC registered N81725 was involved in an accident near Coldfoot, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 00:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Coldfoot, Alaska, United States
Coordinates
64.8093, -147.7201
Aircraft
Champion 7AC
Registration
N81725
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Fairbanks → Chandalar Lake
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
Unk
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC88LA152

People

1 person died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 1 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

THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE JUNE 11, 1988, AND WAS LOCATED ON JULY 23, 1995 AT THE 3000 FOOT LEVEL OF A CANYON. THE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND 180 FEET BELOW THE CREST OF A RIDGE, WHERE IT HAD BURNED AFTER IMPACT. ALL MAJOR PARTS OF THE AIRPLANE WERE LOCATED AT THE WRECKAGE SITE. THE LEFT WING WAS UNDAMAGED AND THE RIGHT WING SHOWED EXTENSIVE IMPACT DAMAGE. THE ENTIRE AIRPLANE WAS INVOLVED IN THE POSTIMPACT FIRE. BOTH PROPELLER BLADES HAD LEADING EDGE DAMAGE AND CHORDWISE SCORE MARKS. NO GROUND SCARS OR GROUND IMPACT MARKS WERE FOUND. METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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