# Accident 20110903023979A: American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC, Ft Worth, TX, September 3, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2011, 10:40 local time
- Place: Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Alliance
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9878° N, 97.3189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9878&lon=-97.3189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N242BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N242BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 8GCBC (registry code 2121004, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-C1G (registry code 42284, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-c1g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 8GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-C1G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,414 total, 9 in this make and model, 129 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA684](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA684) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110903023979A

## Narrative

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

ON 09/03/2011, N242BC, AN AMERICAN CHAMPION 8GCBC (SCOUT), LANDED HARD AND STRUCK THE RIGHT WING WHILE CONDUCTING PATTERN WORK AT AFW AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^STUDENT PILOT, HIS INSTRUCTOR WAS DEMONSTRATING A POWER-OFF APPROACH AND LANDING. HIS INSTRUCTOR APPARENTLY LANDED HARD, BOUNCED INTO THE AIR, STALLED, AND BOUNCED HARD AGAIN STRIKING THE RIGHT WING TIP AND AILERON SPADE. A GO AROUND WAS INITIATED, BUT NOT BEFORE THE WING STRUCK THE GROUND. APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED SCRAPES TO THE RIGHT WING TIP, RIGHT AILERON TRAILING EDGE, AND RIGHT AILERON SPADE. THE SPADE WAS ALSO BENT INWARDS CAUSING BENDING OF ATTACHMENT POINTS AND AILERON DEFORMATION. RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR  AND TAILWHEEL APPEARED TO BE BENT AS WELL.10/06/11: DAMAGE REPORT FROM THE MANUFACTURER INDICATES THE NEED FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE  RIGHT REAR WING SPAR DUE TO BUCKLING. UPGRADED INCIDENT TO ACCIDENT DUE TO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TOT HE AIRCRAFT. STUDENT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS ALSO REPORTED BACK/NECK PAIN SINCE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN11CA684](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA684), Sep 3, 2011: American Champion 8GCBC (N242BC), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The certified flight instructor’s improper flare during a simulated emergency landing.

## Other reports on N242BC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20250904012369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250904012369A), Sep 4, 2025: American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC (N242BC), Unalakleet, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted Landing on a Remote off airport strip. He completed 2 touch and go landings. On 3rd attempt on rollout at low speed aircraft went into a dip…

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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