# Accident 20240509005359A: American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC, Cedar City, UT, May 9, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2024, 09:10 local time
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6775° N, 113.0619° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6775&lon=-113.0619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N400KB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N400KB) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 309 total, 17 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/20240509005359A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N400KB (1)

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

- [Accident 20260430006729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260430006729A), Apr 30, 2026: American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC (N400KB), Big Water, UT, Substantial damage. The pilot in command states during a phone interview that they were performing low altitude flight in support of cattle round up in a rural area. At…

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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