# Accident 20030729020029A: Bbavia 11AC, Brighton, MI, July 29, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2003, 13:00 local time
- Place: Brighton, MI
- Airport: Brighton Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5697° N, 83.7786° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5697&lon=-83.7786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86233, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86233-2006-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11AC (registry code 0191102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 11AC
- Reported engine: CONT A65*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 352 total, 45 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA235) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030729020029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 22 AT BRIGHTON FIELD (45G), AIRCRAFT BEGAN RIGHT GROUND LOOP. PILOT OVERCORRECTED, AND AIRCRAFT BEGAN LEFT LOOP. PILOT AGAIN OVERCORRECTED, AND AIRCRAFT BEGAN ANOTHER RIGHT LOOP. RUDDER INPUT THIS TIME HAD NO EFFECT DURING CORRECTION, AND AIRCRAFT EXITED RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY, STRIKING EARTHMOVER PARKED APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AWAY FROM RUNWAY, ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SPEED WAS ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE, ENGINE MOUNT, FIREWALL, AND ENGINE COWLING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER PILOT.

## 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 CHI03LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA235), Jul 29, 2003: Aeronca 11AC (N86233), Brighton, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's directional control not possible resulting from the rudder control assembly separation during the landing. A factor was the construction vehicle that the airplane impacted.

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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