# Accident 20250904012369A: American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC, Unalakleet, AK, September 4, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2025, 21:31 local time
- Place: Unalakleet, AK
- Airport: Remote Landing Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.8590° N, 161.7357° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.8590&lon=-161.7357&mi=10
- Aircraft: N242BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N242BC) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,913 total, 399 in this make and model, 159 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250904012369A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING ON A REMOTE OFF AIRPORT STRIP. HE COMPLETED 2 TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. ON 3RD ATTEMPT ON ROLLOUT AT LOW SPEED AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A DIP THAT MADE THE TAIL COME UP AND FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 ANC25LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA102), Sep 5, 2025: American Champion 8GCBC (N242BC), Unalakleet, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots encounter with an obstructed dip in the landing surface during the landing roll out on a remote airstrip, which resulted in a noseover.

## Other reports on N242BC (1)

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

- [Accident 20110903023979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110903023979A), Sep 3, 2011: American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC (N242BC), Ft Worth, TX, Substantial damage. On 09/03/2011, N242BC, an American champion 8GCBC (scout), landed hard and struck the right wing while conducting pattern work at afw airport. According to the…

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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