# NTSB Accident CHI96LA181
> **Champion 7GCBC** · 1996-05-29 · DES MOINES, IA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI96LA181
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05736
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-05-29
- **Location:** DES MOINES, IA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.53075, -93.659637
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Champion
- **Model:** 7GCBC
- **Registration:** N396BG
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's inadvertent use of the brakes which resulted in a loss of directional control.  A factor associated with the accident was the ravine which the airplane traveled down.

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