# Accident 20210515009519A: American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC, Riggins, ID, May 15, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2021, 08:50 local time
- Place: Riggins, ID
- Airport: Sluice Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4469° N, 116.5859° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4469&lon=-116.5859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N101BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 8GCBC (registry code 2121004, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-C1G (registry code 42284, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-c1g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 8GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-C1G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,078 total, 983 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA196) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210515009519A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED HE WAS A LITTLE TOO FAST ON A 1,000? DIRT RUNWAY WHICH HAS A COMMITMENT TO LAND DUE TO THE TYPOGRAPHY. AFTER LANDING HE HIT THE BRAKES TOO HARD ON ROLL-OUT AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED ON ITS BACK, THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT APPEARED TO HAVE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE HOWEVER THE VERTICAL STABLIZER/RUDDER WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED FROM GROUND IMPACT.

## 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 WPR21LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA196), May 15, 2021: American Champion 8GCBC (N101BC), Wallowa, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain airplane control during the landing roll after experiencing a tailwind gust which required excessive braking and resulted in the airplane nosing 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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