19991010031869I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7AC · Greenville, TX · October 10, 1999

Date: October 10, 1999 · 17:45 local
Place: Greenville, TX
Airport: Majors
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1039E
Reported as: Bbavia 7AC
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,890 total405 in this make and model309 in the last 90 days

N1039ERegistration cancelled Aug 27, 2008 · Aeronca 7ACS/N 7AC-4590 · Built 1946 Airframe modelAeronca 7AC Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On a training flight conducted on 10/10/99, during taxi training, the student, tim smith was taxiing under half throttle in a right turn on the parallel taxiway at Greenville Majors Airport. The trainee had not added sufficient throttle to push the tail back to the left. He applied the brakes to avoid running off the taxiway before moving the throttle to idle power. The flight instructor did not have adequate time to correct the action before the aircraft nosed over. The wooden prop was destroyed, instructor and student were not injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON A TRAINING FLIGHT CONDUCTED ON 10/10/99, DURING TAXI TRAINING, THE STUDENT, TIM SMITH WAS TAXIING UNDER HALF THROTTLE IN A RIGHT TURN ON THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY AT GREENVILLE MAJORS AIRPORT. THE TRAINEE HAD NOT ADDED SUFFICIENT THROTTLE TO PUSH THE TAIL BACK TO THE LEFT. HE APPLIED THE BRAKES TO AVOID RUNNING OFF THE TAXIWAY BEFORE MOVING THE THROTTLE TO IDLE POWER. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR DID NOT HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO CORRECT THE ACTION BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. THE WOODEN PROP WAS DESTROYED, INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED.