# Accident 20070512013039A: Bbavia 11AC, Glendale, AZ, May 12, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2007, 06:50 local time
- Place: Glendale, AZ
- Airport: Glendale Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5267° N, 112.2950° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5267&lon=-112.2950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85835, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85835) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 580 total, 5 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07CA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070512013039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 12, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 0650 MST, AT GLENDALE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, AZ (GEU), AERONCA 11AC, N85835, VEERED OFF GEU RUNWAY 19 AND STRUCK A RUNWAY SIGN AND TAXIWAY LIGHT. N85835 WAS BEING OPERATED BY A CERTIFICATED PILOT RECEIVING A TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT ENDORSEMENT BY A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) STATED THAT THE LANDING WAS A GOOD THREE POINT LANDING. AFTER THE LANDING, THE CFI NOTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY WENT RIGHT. THE CFI TOOK OVER CONTROL AND VERIFIED THAT THE YOKE WAS FULL UP ELEVATOR AND APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TURN RIGHT THROUGH THE DIRT, STRIKING A TAXI LIGHT AND A TAXIWAY SIGN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON A TAXIWAY. THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE WAS TO THE FUSELAGE MIDSECTION ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE. THE LOWER LEFT LONGERON WAS DAMAGED AS WELL AS THE CLUSTER ASSEMBLE THAT IT ATTACHED TO. THE FABRIC COVERING THE LONGERON WAS ALSO DAMAGED. THE CFI WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE SITUATION THAT THE STUDENT INDUCED AS THE STUDENT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE SITUATION WAS DIFFICULT FOR THE CFI TO CORRECT AS THE AIRCRAFT DOES NOT HAVE PILOT BRAKE CONTROLS ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHERE THE CFI WAS LOCATED.

## 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 LAX07CA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA161), May 12, 2007: Aeronca 11AC (N85835), Glendale, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The private pilot's unstabilized approach and failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop. Also causal was the instructor's inadequate supervision…

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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