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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · American Champion 7GCBC · Cedar City, UT · May 9, 2024

Date
May 9, 2024 · 09:10 local
Place
Cedar City, UT
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N400KB
Reported as
American Champion 7GCBC
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
309 total17 in this make and model50 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.

On may 09, 2024, a pilot and passenger were performing flight instruction at an unimproved airstrip. After performing one pass the pilot came back around and attempted a three-point landing. During approach the aircraft stalled from approximately 10 feet AGL and contacted the ground in a nose low attitude resulting in propeller strike, right main gear failure and substantial right-wing damage of spars, spar caps, and leading edge of wing between three ribs.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 09, 2024, A PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE PERFORMING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION AT AN UNIMPROVED AIRSTRIP. AFTER PERFORMING ONE PASS THE PILOT CAME BACK AROUND AND ATTEMPTED A THREE-POINT LANDING. DURING APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT STALLED FROM APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AGL AND CONTACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE RESULTING IN PROPELLER STRIKE, RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILURE AND SUBSTANTIAL RIGHT-WING DAMAGE OF SPARS, SPAR CAPS, AND LEADING EDGE OF WING BETWEEN THREE RIBS.

Other reports on N400KB · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.