# Fatal NTSB investigations: American Champion 7GCBC

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB WPR25FA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA153.md): American Champion 7GCBC · Big Creek, ID · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report · May 9, 2025 · N342H · Substantial damage
  > On May 9, 2025, about 0900 mountain daylight time, an American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC, N342H, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Big Creek, Idaho. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of…
- [NTSB CEN14FA448](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA448.md): American Champion 7GCBC · Lago Vista, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 23, 2014 · N254AC · Destroyed
  > The pilot's decision to fly at a low altitude and his subsequent failure to see and avoid the power lines.
- [NTSB WPR14FA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA283.md): American Champion 7GCBC · Landmark, ID · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 7, 2014 · N162CG · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the overtaking airplane’s pilot to maintain visual contact and separation from the airplane being overtaken.
- [NTSB CEN11FA437](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA437.md): American Champion 7GCBC · Hayti, SD · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 3, 2011 · N711AT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to attempt low-altitude flight and his failure to maintain adequate clearance from power lines.
- [NTSB ANC71AA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC71AA052.md): Champion 7GCBC · Arctic Vlge, AK · Accident · 2 fatal · Closed · Apr 3, 1971 · N5262X · Substantial damage

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
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."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('21101PL'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=21101PL

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