Accident: American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC
Sep 1, 2024 · Meeteetse, WY
NTSB numberWPR24FA291Event id20240901195035
- 1
- Fatalities
- 1
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The pilot’s decision to continue the flight over rising terrain at a low altitude in a high-elevation, high-density-altitude environment.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC
- Registration
- N23BD
- Year built
- 2009
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Enroute Loss of engine power (partial)
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