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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · American Champion 7GCBC · Lago Vista, TX · August 23, 2014

Date
August 23, 2014 · 07:30 local
Place
Lago Vista, TX
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N254AC
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN14FA448
Reported as
American Champion 7GCBC
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
248 total110 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

24 Year old private pilot, with a single engine land rating crashed for unknown reasons. The aircraft impacted the ground inverted in a nose down attitude. Aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire.

As the FAA filed it

24 YEAR OLD PRIVATE PILOT, WITH A SINGLE ENGINE LAND RATING CRASHED FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND INVERTED IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND FIRE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.