ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174891
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| Date: | Friday 13 February 2004 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  American Champion 8GCBC |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N186AC |
| MSN: | 369-94 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3660 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-C1E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sunburg, MN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Castlewood, SD (PVT) |
| Sunburg, MN | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane sustained substantial damage when it impacted a ditch and subsequently nosed over while landing on a gravel road. The pilot stated the purpose of the flight was to take aerial photographs of several Minnesota farms. The pilot reported that while in cruise flight he had the "sudden urge to use the bathroom" and he selected a nearby gravel road to land on. The pilot stated that during landing rollout he noticed a sign on the left side of the road. While he attempted to maneuver the airplane to avoid striking the sign, the right wheel "got sucked into the ditch which was full of snow." The airplane subsequently impacted the ditch and nosed over. The airplane was configured with extended range fuel system that increased the airplane's maximum endurance to approximately 7 hours. The accident flight was reported to be approximately 5 1/2 hours in duration.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper in-flight decision to land off-airport. A factor to the accident was the snow covered ditch.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040225X00235&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 January 2007 | N186AC | Private | 0 | Buckley, Washington | |
sub |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Mar-2015 16:31 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 17:41 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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