# Accident 20111120026019A: American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC, Ashton, ID, November 20, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2011, 12:00 local time
- Place: Ashton, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1247° N, 111.4542° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1247&lon=-111.4542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N131PM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N131PM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 8GCBC (registry code 2121004, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 8GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 160 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111120026019A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 20, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 MST NEAR ASHTON IDAHO A STUDENT PILOT LANDED ON A SNOW COVERED PRIVATE GRASS LANDING STRIP ON WHICH THE DEPTH OF THE SNOW CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP FORWARD ONTO ITS TOP. THE STUDENT PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE INCLUDING DESTRUCTION OF THE COMPOSITE PROPELLER, SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT WINGS AND TO THE VERTICAL STABILIZER. IN ADDITION THE FIREWALL AND SECTIONS OF THE FUSELAGE SKIN WERE WRINKLED ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO THE COCKPIT WINDSCREEN AND OTHER COCKPIT GLASS. NO PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.

## 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 WPR12CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA041), Nov 20, 2011: American Champion 8GCBC (N131PM), Ashton, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s poor decision-making when he decided to land on a snowy grass airstrip, which resulted in an encounter with deep snow during the landing roll and a subsequent nose-over.

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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