American Champion (Acac) 8KCAB accident near Oroville, CA
On October 10, 2005, an American Champion (Acac) 8KCAB (airplane) was involved in an accident near Oroville, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 10, 2005
- Place
- Oroville, CA
- Aircraft
- American Champion (Acac) 8KCAB · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.486°N, 121.607°W
- NTSB ID
- 20051013X01647
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 10, 2005, about 1435 Pacific daylight time, an American Champion Aircraft Corporation (ACAC) 8KCAB, N943D, impacted terrain seconds after taking off from the Oroville Municipal Airport, Oroville, California. The airplane crashed into an open field about 0.2 miles east of the departure end of runway 12. The airplane was destroyed during the impact sequence and by post impact ground fire. The certified flight instructor (CFI), who held an airline transport pilot certificate, and the second pilot, who held a private pilot certificate, were fatally injured. The CFI was providing dual flight instruction to the second pilot. Alpine Aviation, Inc., Grass Valley, California, operated the airplane. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the local area instructional flight, and no flight plan had been filed. The flight was performed under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, and it originated from Grass Valley about 1400. An eyewitness to the accident, who was located about 1.2 miles northwest of the accident site, reported observing the airplane on a close-in left base leg to runway 12. The airplane made a "sharp" left turn and landed on the runway. Seconds thereafter, the airplane took off and climbed to an estimated maximum altitude of 650 feet above the ground. Suddenly, the airplane banked "sharply" left and "fell out of the sky." Another eyewitness, who was located between 0.25- and 0.5-mile southwest of the airport, reported observing the airplane on its takeoff roll from runway 12. After the airplane became airborne, it climbed at
Probable cause
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.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
