American Champion aircraft accidents

83 accidents and incidents are recorded involving American Champion aircraft (2003–2026), with 23 people killed and 9 seriously injured. 19% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Pilot or crew was the main factor in 48%, followed by aircraft or equipment (44%).
• Recorded accidents went from 2 in 2003 to 6 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC, Hayti, SD (Jul 3, 2011) · 3 killed
2. American Champion 7GCAA, Stonefield, AS (May 15, 2005) · 2 killed
3. American Champion 7KCAB, Winter Park, CO (Jul 30, 2006) · 2 killed
4. American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB, Sebewaing, MI (Oct 18, 2010) · 2 killed
5. American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB, Marengo, WI (Oct 23, 2021) · 2 killed
6. American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB, Charata, OF (Jun 30, 2023) · 2 killed
7. American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC, Meeteetse, WY (Sep 1, 2024) · 1 killed
8. American Champion 8KCAB, Calhan, CO (Nov 21, 2005) · 1 killed
9. American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC, Bremerton, WA (Nov 18, 2010) · 1 killed
10. American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB, Marysville, OH (Dec 22, 2011) · 1 killed

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Other aircraft makers

• Cessna · 24,148 accidents
• Piper · 13,241 accidents
• Beech · 4,780 accidents
• Bell · 2,250 accidents
• Boeing · 1,579 accidents
• Robinson · 1,575 accidents
• Mooney · 1,237 accidents
• Grumman · 1,000 accidents
• Air Tractor · 932 accidents
• Bellanca · 918 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.