N242BC is a 2011 American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 3 seats, powered by a Lycoming O-360-C1G rated at 180 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in Wichita, KS. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Jan 2011. This page also carries 2 NTSB events.
- 15 years old
2011
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The pilot landed a tailwheel equipped airplane on a remote airstrip. During the landing rollout, while reducing engine power and holding the control stick fully aft, the airplane encountered an obstructed dip in the airstrip surface. As the airplane rolled through the dip, the pilot was unable to arrest the resulting nose down pitch. The airplane subsequently nosed over and came to rest inverted, sustaining substantial damage to the rudder and left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane.
A certified flight instructor (CFI) was providing instruction to a private pilot in a tailwheel equipped airplane. During the CFI’s demonstration of a simulated emergency landing, the airplane's speed got slow and made a hard landing with the right main landing gear and right wing striking the runway surface. The airplane was then flown back to the private pilot’s home airfield without further incident. A postaccident examination of the damaged wing by the airplane’s manufacturer, revealed that the rear spar was substantially damaged during the hard landing.
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