# NTSB investigations: American Champion 8KCAB, CA

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 WPR25LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA272.md): American Champion 8KCAB · Jamesburg, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · Aug 31, 2025 · N15WJ · Substantial damage
  > On August 31, 2025, about 1100 Pacific daylight time, an American Champion 8KCAB Super Decathlon 177, N3357T, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Jamesburg, California. The pilot and pilot rated passenger sustained minor…
- [NTSB WPR25LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA149.md): American Champion 8KCAB · Mojave, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 2, 2025 · N538EE · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during climb out from an aborted landing.
- [NTSB LAX06FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA005.md): American Champion 8KCAB · Oroville, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 10, 2005 · N943D · Destroyed
  > The certified flight instructor and the private pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while attempting a return to runway maneuver, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
- [NTSB LAX95LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA152.md): American Champion 8KCAB · Long Beach, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 1, 1995 · N111LS · Substantial damage
  > the failure and collapse of the left main landing gear due to a defective and improper weld by the manufacturer.

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'CA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2121000'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

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

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