Champion 7ECA accident near Lake Elsinore, CA
On June 17, 2009, a Champion 7ECA (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lake Elsinore, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 17, 2009
- Place
- Lake Elsinore, CA
- Aircraft
- Champion 7ECA · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 33.748°N, 117.388°W
- NTSB ID
- 20090618X41802
Official records · WPR09LA293
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 17, 2009, at an unknown time, a Champion 7ECA, N8339V, crashed under unknown circumstances in hilly terrain near Lake Elsinore, California. The pilot/owner operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal local area flight. The certificated commercial pilot and passenger were killed; the airplane was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, and no flight plan had been filed. The flight departed the Corona Municipal Airport (AJO), Corona, California, about 1055. The pilot's spouse was interviewed by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge. She reported that the plan was for her husband and the passenger to fly to French Valley Airport (F70), Temecula, California, for lunch, and then return to Corona. After a couple of attempts to reach the pilot, and a missed dinner, she called a friend to check the airport. The friend indicated that the pilot's car, along with the passenger's car, were at the airport, but the airplane was not at the hangar. The friend offered to go out flying and look for the airplane, which he later located near Lake Elsinore. Riverside County Sheriff's Department dispatch personnel received a report of a downed airplane about 1855 from the pilot that had located the airplane. A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airworthiness inspector responded to the accident site. The airplane wreckage came to rest intact and inverted on sloping terrain. Both wings showed similar damage; leading to trailing edge crush da
Probable cause
A loss of airplane control for undetermined reasons.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
