# NTSB Accident ANC22FA053
> **CHAMPION 7EC** · 2022-07-12 · Valdez, AK, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC22FA053
- **Event ID:** 20220715105476
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2022-07-12
- **Location:** Valdez, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 61.133798, -145.73117
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CHAMPION
- **Model:** 7EC
- **Registration:** N4340C
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s decision to continue visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in loss of control and collision with terrain.

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