# NTSB Accident FTW98LA094
> **Champion 7KCAB** · 1998-01-10 · LEADVILLE, CO, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW98LA094
- **Event ID:** 20001211X09429
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-01-10
- **Location:** LEADVILLE, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.239788, -106.289245
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Champion
- **Model:** 7KCAB
- **Registration:** N5275X
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane.  Factors were a sudden windshift from a headwind to a quartering tailwind, and the snowbank.

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