# Incident 20010805021129I: Bbavia 7GCAA, Cocoa, FL, August 5, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2001, 10:00 local time
- Place: Cocoa, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5060L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5060L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCAA (registry code 1220501, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcaa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7GCAA
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,120 total, 150 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010805021129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT FOR THE PURPOSE OF GAINING EXPERIENCE TO EVENTUALLY OBTAIN A LOGBOOK ENDORSEMENT TO OPERATE A TAILWHEEL AIRPLANE, PILOT THOMAS WINN MISMANAGED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PERFORM A WHEEL LANDING, CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR EUGENE BARCO FAILED TO INTERVENE WITHIN SUFFICIENT TIME TO PREVENT SUCH INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N5060L (1)

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

- [Incident 19990824022579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990824022579I), Aug 24, 1999: Bbavia 7GCAA (N5060L), Zellwood, FL, Minor damage. (-5)Student pilot mismanaged controls during wheel landing in tail wheel aircraft. Instructor failed to intervene in sufficient time to prevent propeller from…

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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