NTSB investigations: American Champion 7GCBC

10 cases on aircraft the registry lists as American Champion 7GCBC, where the sequence of events included Loss of control on ground. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

20102026
NTSB investigations: American Champion 7GCBC per year, 2010–2026: 10 cases
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Latest cases

Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
  WHERE c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('21101PL')
      AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s.\"tier2Number\" = '230' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE \"isDefiningEvent\")))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.

NTSB ERA26LA282Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportAmerican Champion 7GCBC · Sanford, METhe pilot’s loss of directional control during landing and the flight instructor’s inadequate remedial action, which resulted in a ground loop.Jul 27, 2026 · N291CA · Substantial damageNTSB WPR23LA355Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportAmerican Champion 7GCBC · Woodland, CAThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.Sep 7, 2023 · N234RA · Substantial damageNTSB ERA22LA152Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportAmerican Champion 7GCBC · Plainville, CTThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.Mar 10, 2022 · N91JB · Substantial damageNTSB ERA21LA150Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportAmerican Champion 7GCBC · Montgomery, NYThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing, resulting in a ground loop and structural damage to the airframe.Nov 8, 2020 · N139PC · Substantial damageNTSB CEN20CA281Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · Data collectionFinal reportChampion 7GCBC · Houston, TXThe flight instructor and student pilot did not properly transfer airplane control during ground rollout, which resulted in the airplane exiting the runway and impacting a ditch.Jul 14, 2020 · N72EB · Substantial damageNTSB WPR20CA227Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · Data collectionFinal reportChampion 7GCBC · McCall, IDThe pilot's decision to land with excessive approach airspeed, which resulted in the airplane landing long, the application of additional braking action to stop and subsequent nose over.Jul 12, 2020 · N952B · Substantial damageNTSB GAA18CA176Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportAmerican Champion 7GCBC · Ontario, ORThe flight instructor's failure to maintain directional control during landing, in cross wind conditions.Mar 18, 2018 · N234RA · Substantial damageNTSB GAA18CA120Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportAmerican Champion 7GCBC · Santa Paula, CAThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing due to being distracted by another airplane and her delayed initiation of a go-around, during which the right wing struck a parked helicopter.Feb 2, 2018 · N519AC · Substantial damageNTSB CEN11CA450Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportAmerican Champion 7GCBC · Sugar Land, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.Jul 2, 2011 · N79RA · Substantial damageNTSB CEN10CA328Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportAmerican Champion 7GCBC · Arcola, TXThe student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the tailwheel-equipped airplane during the landing roll.Jun 16, 2010 · N72EB · Substantial damage