# Incident 20010803021339I: Bbavia 8KCAB, Terre Haute, IN, August 3, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2001, 11:00 local time
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Airport: Hulman Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4667° N, 87.4139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Terre Haute, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4667&lon=-87.4139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N831AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N831AC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 8KCAB (registry code 2121000, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8KCAB
- Reported engine: LYC AEIO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 450 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010803021339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR WERTH WAS GIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO MR. MASON. MR. MASON WAS PRACTICING WHEEL LANDING. DURING THE LAST LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, MR. MASON THEN RECOVERED FROM THE BOUNCE. MR. MASON POSITIONED THE AIRCRAFT IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE IN ORDER TO KEEP THE TAIL WHEEL OFF THE GROUND AND HOLD THE AIRCRAFT ON MAIN WHEELS. HOWEVER, AS THE AIRCRAFT MADE THE SECOND TOUCH DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A FIRM LANDING IN THE NOSE DOWN POSITION AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE INSTRUCTOR, MR. WERTH TOOK THE CONTROLS AND CONVERTED THE WHEEL LANDING INTO A THREE POINT OR TAIL WHEEL LANDING. THE INSTRUCTOR TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE FBO. AFTER SHUTTING DOWN THE ENGINE AND SECURING THE AIRCRAFT, BOTH PILOTS INSPECTED THE PROPELLER. THE PROPELLER WAS CURLED THREE INCHES BACK ON BOTH TIPS. THE DAMAGE WOULD REQUIRE AN ENGINE TEAR DOWN AND REPLACEMENT OF THE PROPELLER.

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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