# Incident 20050821017739I: Bbavia 7HC, Mount Sterling, KY, August 21, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2005, 11:25 local time
- Place: Mount Sterling, KY
- Airport: Montgomery County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0655° N, 83.9488° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Sterling, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0655&lon=-83.9488&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8919R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8919R-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion AERONCA 7HC (registry code 2110172, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-aeronca-7hc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7HC
- Reported engine: LYC O290*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 212 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050821017739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1125 AM ON AUGUST 21, 2005, N8919R WAS APPROACH TO AND LANDING AT MT. STERLING AIRPORT. DURING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT'S TAILWHEEL BEGAN TO OSCILLATE AND THE PILOT PICKED THE TAILWHEEL UP OFF THE GROUND. HE IMMEDIATELY SET THE TAILWHEEL BACK DOWN AND IT BEGAN OSCILLATING AGAIN AND THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPING IT OFF OF RUNWAY 21 IN THE GRASS AT MT. STERLING, KENTUCKY.

## Other reports on N8919R (1)

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

- [Accident 20100827044459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100827044459A), Aug 27, 2010: Champion AERONCA 7HC (N8919R), Hillview, KY, Substantial damage. On 8/27/2010, a flight instructor was conducting a biannual flight review with pilot/owner. They flew aircraft for :30 min local pattern at bluelick airport,…

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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