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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr Aeronca · Cocoa, FL · March 17, 2000

Date: March 17, 2000 · 09:40 local
Place: Cocoa, FL
Airport: Merritt Island Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N6030T
NTSB investigation: NTSBMIA00LA110
Reported as: Amtr Aeronca
Reported engine: Continental A65*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,274 total116 in this make and model104 in the last 90 days

N6030TRegistered now · Aeronca/Bubeck Irving BUBECK-AERONCAS/N IRV1997 · Built 1997 Airframe modelAeronca/Bubeck Irving BUBECK-AERONCA Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23)Instructional flight instructor had demonstrated several wheel landings. This was students first attempt. Approach at 70 mph was too fast. Upon touchdown, a/c bounced. Instructor said it would have been a recoverable bounce. Instructor held the wheel and added full power. Student jammed stick forward overpowering instructors grip. A/c struck the runway very hard in a nose-down attitude severely damaging the prop and bouncing about 10 to 15 ft into air with little airspeed. No effective prop. A/c then struck ground very hard taking both main gear off. (-4)while the dual student was making a wheel landing, the aircraft bounced. The flight instructor applied full engine power for a go-around. The dual student pushed forward on the control stick at the same time. Before the flight instructor could take control, the aircraft impacted nose first on the runway. The aircraft bounced and touched down again, hard, breaking off the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAD DEMONSTRATED SEVERAL WHEEL LANDINGS. THIS WAS STUDENTS FIRST ATTEMPT. APPROACH AT 70 MPH WAS TOO FAST. UPON TOUCHDOWN, A/C BOUNCED. INSTRUCTOR SAID IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A RECOVERABLE BOUNCE. INSTRUCTOR HELD THE WHEEL AND ADDED FULL POWER. STUDENT JAMMED STICK FORWARD OVERPOWERING INSTRUCTORS GRIP. A/C STRUCK THE RUNWAY VERY HARD IN A NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE SEVERELY DAMAGING THE PROP AND BOUNCING ABOUT 10 TO 15 FT INTO AIR WITH LITTLE AIRSPEED. NO EFFECTIVE PROP. A/C THEN STRUCK GROUND VERY HARD TAKING BOTH MAIN GEAR OFF. (-4)WHILE THE DUAL STUDENT WAS MAKING A WHEEL LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR APPLIED FULL ENGINE POWER FOR A GO-AROUND. THE DUAL STUDENT PUSHED FORWARD ON THE CONTROL STICK AT THE SAME TIME. BEFORE THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR COULD TAKE CONTROL, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED NOSE FIRST ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN, HARD, BREAKING OFF THE LANDING GEAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB MIA00LA110Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMerritt Island, FLThe flight instructors inadequate supervision of the dual student resulting in the student pushing forward on the control stick during a bounced landing until the aircraft impacted the runway, bounced, landed hard, and broke the main landing gear.Mar 17, 2000 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N6030T · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20040704012099ADescent · Wheatland, TX(-23) Pilot departed lawton, Oklahoma, arrived over spinks area @ dusk, could not distinguish airport, made off-field landing. Pilot stated that aircraft was operating normally, poor planning involved, arrived after dusk with no landing light. Due to…Jul 4, 2004 · Minor damage