# Accident 20180202000079A: American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC, Santa Paula, CA, February 2, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2018, 11:50 local time
- Place: Santa Paula, CA
- Airport: Santa Paula
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3456° N, 119.0631° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3456&lon=-119.0631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N519AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N519AC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PL, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,131 total, 8 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180202000079A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SANTA PAULA AIRPORT (SZP), SANTA PAULA, CA, AT 1030 PST. PILOT WAS ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT, WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE LANDING, SHE BECAME DISTRACTED BY ANOTHER AIRPLANE IN THE PATTERN, AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT. PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND, AND CONTINUED GOING RIGHT. THE RIGHT WING OF THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT CLIPPED THE VERTICAL STABILIZER OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, A ROBINSON R-22, AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N341SL. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN IN THE RIVERBED 100 FT SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT RUNWAY. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

*NOTE - ALTHOUGH TWO AIRCRAFT WERE INVOLVED, THE NTSB DOES NOT CONSIDER THE SECOND AIRCRAFT, N341SL, AN ACCIDENT, AND DID NOT ISSUE A SUFFIX OF 'A' AND 'B' FOR EACH AIRCRAFT. THEREFORE, ONLY ONE FAA FORM 8020-23 WILL BE COMPLETED.

## 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 GAA18CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA120), Feb 2, 2018: American Champion 7GCBC (N519AC), Santa Paula, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing due to being distracted by another airplane and her delayed initiation of a go-around, during which the right wing struck a parked…

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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