# Accident 20000317023499A: Amtr AERONCA, Cocoa, FL, March 17, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2000, 09:40 local time
- Place: Cocoa, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3207° N, 80.6798° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3207&lon=-80.6798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6030T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6030T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca/Bubeck Irving BUBECK-AERONCA (registry code 2110111, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-bubeck-irving-bubeck-aeronca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AERONCA
- Reported engine: CONT A65*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,274 total, 116 in this make and model, 104 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000317023499A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 MIA00LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA110), Mar 17, 2000: Aeronca-Bubeck Irving BUBECK-AERONCA (N6030T), Merritt Island, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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,…

## Other reports on N6030T (1)

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

- [Accident 20040704012099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040704012099A), Jul 4, 2004: Amtr AERONCA (N6030T), Wheatland, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot departed lawton, Oklahoma, arrived over spinks area @ dusk, could not distinguish airport, made off-field landing. Pilot stated that aircraft was…

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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