# Accident 20121201025409A: American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB, Melbourne, AR, December 1, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2012, 09:15 local time
- Place: Melbourne, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0717° N, 91.8394° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0717&lon=-91.8394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63MY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63MY) (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 CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 8KCAB
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-360-H1B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 137 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121201025409A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 1, 2012, AT 0915 CST, AN AMERICAN CHAMPION 8KCAB, N63MY,  EXITED THE RUNWAY ON LANDING AT JOHN E. MILLER FIELD, MELBOURNE, ARKANSAS, WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE CERTIFICATED PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MELBOURNE, ARKANSAS, ON DECEMBER 1, 2012, AT 0850 CST.

## 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 CEN13CA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA084), Dec 1, 2012: American Champion 8KCAB (N63MY), Melbourne, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing.

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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