# NTSB investigations: American Champion 8KCAB: Loss of control - on ground/water

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 DEN02LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA058.md): American Champion 8KCAB · Giddings, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 24, 2002 · N83DH · Substantial damage
  > the failure of the pilot to maintain aircraft control during the landing rollout. A contributing factor was the subsequent inadvertent ground loop of the airplane.
- [NTSB SEA02LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA078.md): American Champion 8KCAB · Davenport, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 2, 2002 · N86AA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for the wind conditions during takeoff. Gusting wind was a factor.
- [NTSB LAX98LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA004.md): American 8KCAB · Payson, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 4, 1997 · N69BP · Substantial damage
  > Directional control of the aircraft not maintained through the improper use of landing procedures/techniques. A factor in this accident was the pilot's training regarding the proper techniques to be used during landing.

## 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."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2121000')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2121000&occurrence=260

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