Event ANC08CA019

2007-11-14 Wasilla, Alaska, United States Airport · 4AK6 None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N439MA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 8GCBC

Year of manufacture

2002 · 5 years old at event

TCDS

A21CE · AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT CORP

Engine

LYCOMING O-360 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20021017

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A545A1

Registrant of record

SPOTTO MICHAEL A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N439MA American Champion (ACAC) 8GCBC None

Probable cause & findings

The pilot's misjudged touchdown point during landing.

Factual narrative

The commercial pilot was landing on a snow-covered runway during dusk. The pilot reported that after landing, the airplane's right wheel struck a snow berm on the right side of the runway, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained structural damage to the left wing lift strut and empennage. The pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane. He said that a postaccident examination revealed that the runway edge markers on the right side of the runway are situated 28 feet to the right of the runway centerline, and the runway edge markers on the left side of the runway are situated 16 feet to the left of the runway centerline. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).

— Personnel issues-Action/decision-Info processing/decision-Decision making/judgment-Pilot
— Environmental issues-Conditions/weather/phenomena-Light condition-Dark-Decision related to condition
— Environmental issues-Physical environment-Object/animal/substance-Snow/ice-Contributed to outcome

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2007_ANC08CA019.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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