# Accident 20100708038779A: American Ch 8KCAB, Forrest Canyon, CO, July 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2010, 12:30 local time
- Place: Forrest Canyon, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4225° N, 105.7736° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4225&lon=-105.7736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56BC-2018-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 8KCAB (registry code 2121000, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360-H1B (registry code 41883, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-h1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN CH 8KCAB
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-360-H1B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,420 total, 110 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA380) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100708038779A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON JULY 8, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AMERICAN CHAMPION 8KCAB, SINGLE-ENGINE LAND AIRPLANE, N56BC, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN IN A WILDERNESS AREA NEAR ESTES PARK, COLORADO.  THE TWO PILOTS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED BY^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OCONOMOWOC, WISCONSIN AND WAS OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND A FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE HAD DEPARTED THE GREELEY-WELD COUNTY AIRPORT (GXY) GREELEY, COLORADO AT 1130 AND WAS DESTINED FOR ASPEN-PITKIN COUNTY AIRPORT (ASE) ASPEN, COLORADO.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN10LA380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA380), Jul 8, 2010: Champion 8KCAB (N56BC), Estes Park, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to fly at a low altitude in mountainous terrain and weather conditions conducive to downdrafts.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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