# Accident 20250509005539A: American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC, Big Creek, ID, May 9, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2025, 11:08 local time
- Place: Big Creek, ID
- Airport: Big Creek
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1332° N, 115.3218° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1332&lon=-115.3218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N342H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N342H) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25FA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250509005539A

## Narrative

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

ON 05/09/2025 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUFFERED AN APPARENT LOSS OF POWER ON FINAL INTO BIG CREEK AIRPORT IN IDAHO.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A SMALL CLEARING.  APPEARED TO STALL TREE-TOP LEVEL.  IMPACTED THE GROUND, PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 WPR25FA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA153), May 9, 2025: American Champion 7GCBC (N342H), Big Creek, ID, substantial damage, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

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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