# Incident 20160920019179I: American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB, South Benton, OH, September 20, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2016, 17:49 local time
- Place: South Benton, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N126WB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N126WB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 8KCAB (registry code 2121000, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 8KCAB
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 3,800 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160920019179I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM LONE ROCK WI. WHERE HE TOOK ON FUEL (10 GAL.) AND TOPPED OFF THE TANKS. HE WAS EN-ROUTE TO MFD, AT ABOUT 3 HOURS AND 10 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT (FROM STOP WATCH INSIDE AIRCRAFT) THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER (NO PRIOR INDICATIONS). PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTORE POWER, USED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND WAS NOT ABLE TO RE-START ENGINE. PILOT SET UP TO LAND ON A PLOWED FIELD (WEST TO EAST DIRECTION). PILOT LANDED SMOOTH THEN ENCOUNTERED SOME ROUGH AREA OF THE FIELD, PILOT GRADUALLY APPLIED BRAKES (BECAUSE HE WAS APPROACHING A ROAD) AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.

IT WAS NOTED AT THE SCENE THAT SOME FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE TANKS AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS UPSIDE DOWN.

THE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING WAS CAUSED BY FIRST RESPONDERS REMOVING THE PILOT FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

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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