# Accident 19950821039199A: Bbavia 7DC, Batavia, OH, August 21, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1995, 16:30 local time
- Place: Batavia, OH
- Airport: Clermont County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0694° N, 84.1800° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0694&lon=-84.1800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2110E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2110E-2017-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7DC (registry code 21101NB, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7dc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7DC
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO95LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO95LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950821039199A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CFI ALLOWED ANOTHER CFI WITH LOW TAIL DRAGGER TIME TO TAKEOFF. LOST CONTROL CFI PIC UNABLE RECOVER. RAN OFF RUNWAY. (-23) MARTHA LUNKEN WAS IN THE REAR SEAT OF THE TANDEM CONFIGURED AERONCA CHAMP AND W. DEEMS CLIFTON OCCUPIED THE FRONT SEAT. MR. CLIFTON INITIATED THE TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 4 AND BOTH PILOTS DISCUSSED THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A LEFT CROSS WIND. MS. LUNKEN SAID TO "RAISE THE TAIL" AND THE AIRPLANE VEERED SHARPLY LEFT. MS. LUNKEN SAID (YELLED) "I'VE GOT IT." SHE WAS UNABLE TO RAGAIN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE HAD LEFT THE HARD SURFACE AND WAS MOVING BETWEEN THE VASI AND APPROACH LIGHTS. SHE SAW A DITCH APPROACHING AND TRIED TO CLEAR IT, THINKING THEY MAY HAVE GAINED FLYING SPEED. THE CHAMP CLEARED THE DITCH (INGROUND EFFECT) BUT FLYING SPEED HAD NOT BEEN GAINED AND THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED THE GROUND AND CROSSED A PARALLEL TAXIWAY. MS. LUNKEN HAD CLOSED THE THROTTLE AND KEPT THE WINGS LEVEL AS THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED IN A HEAVY BRUSH AREA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FIRE. ALTHOUGH BOTH PILOTS ARE CURRENT AND QUALIFIED IN THIS AIRPLANE, AND THIS WAS NOT AN INSTRUMENTAL FLIGHT, IT WAS ASSUMED BY BOTH PILOTS THAT MARTH LUNKEN, BEING MORE EXPERIENCED, W                                  AS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO95LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO95LA086), Aug 21, 1995: Aeronca 7AC (N2110E), Batavia, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: was the the second pilot's loss of directional control during the takeoff roll, and the flight instructor/pilot-in-command's inadequate supervision of the flight instructor/second pilot. A related…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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