N79AC

American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

  • April 15, 1983Accident

    ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE INCREASED THE POWER, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE AIRSPEED, WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, TO COMPENSATE FOR STRONG WINDS AND TURBULENCE. THE WIND WAS REPORTED TO BE FROM 150 DEG. AT 18 GUSTING 28 KTS. REPORTEDLY, THE ACFT CROSSED OVER THE THRESHOLD OF RWY 10 AT AN AIRSPEED THAT WAS 30 KTS FASTER THAN NORMAL.

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