# NTSB investigations: American Champion 8GCBC: Loss of control - in flight

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 NYC07LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA147.md): American Champion 8GCBC · Sanford, FL · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 22, 2007 · N139SG · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed and his excessive pitch attitude while maneuvering.
- [NTSB ANC06LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA105.md): American Champion 8GCBC · Anchorage, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 1, 2006 · N35RF · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed to avoid a stall during a turn to reverse direction, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and a loss of control. Factors associated with the accident are the inadvertent stall, and the flight…
- [NTSB FTW01LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA155.md): American Champion 8GCBC · Paris, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 26, 2001 · N249SF · Substantial damage
  > the excessive pull up by the passenger along with the certified flight instructor's inadequate supervision leading to a loss of control during the takeoff initial climb.
- [NTSB NYC00LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA012.md): American Champion 8GCBC · Whiting, VT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 10, 1999 · N403AC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight passenger briefing, which resulted in control interference.

## 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 ('2121004', '2121005')
    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" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2121004&occurrence=250

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