# Incident 20111026026729I: American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC, Palo Alto, CA, October 26, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2011, 15:06 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4611° N, 122.1150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALO ALTO (PAO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4611&lon=-122.1150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59WD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59WD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PL, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-B2B (registry code 42138, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-b2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-B2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 44 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111026026729I

## Narrative

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

OCTOBER 26, 2011, 1506L, STUDENT PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REPORTED PRACTICING SOLO LANDINGS AT PAO RWY31 IN CITABRIA 7GCBC N59WD.  PRIOR TO INCIDENT, STUDENT PERFORMED 5 FULL STOP LANDINGS AND 1 GO-AROUND SUCCESSFULLY WITH NO CONTROL DIFFICULTIES.  DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, STUDENT WAS SLIGHT RIGHT OF CENTERLINE.   STUDENT'S INTENTION WAS TO APPLY LEFT RUDDER TO CORRECT.  WHEN APPLYING LEFT FOOT PRESSURE, THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE LEFT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SUSPECTS HE MOVED HIS FEET UP PREMATURELY IN ANTICIPATION TO BRAKE AND ALSO APPLIED LEFT TOE BRAKE.  THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY WAS FREE, HIS INSTINCT WAS TO LET THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUE IN THE SAME DIRECTION TO AVOID A GROUNDLOOP.  TOWER REPORTED HE TAXIED THROUGH THE MEDIAN, CROSSED BRAVO INTERSECTION INTO MIDDLE MEDIAN THEN LEFT TO PARALLEL, BACK RIGHT THROUGH CHARLIE INTERSECTION INTO LAST MEDIAN THEN LEFT TO STOP ON PARALLEL TAXIWAY BETWEEN CHARLIE INTERSECTION AND RWY13 RUNUP.  THE STUDENT PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, COMMUNICATED WITH TOWER FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO TAXIING BACK TO THE PARKING AREA.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ QUICKLY INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT FOR SAFE TAXI AND NOTICED NO DAMAGE AT THAT TIME.  HOWEVER, UPON CLOSER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT IN THE PARKING AREA, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  FOUND THE FABRIC UNDERCARRIAGE  WAS TORN IN TWO PLACES.

## Other reports on N59WD (2)

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

- [Incident 20170331002909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170331002909I), Mar 31, 2017: American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC (N59WD), Stockton, CA, Minor damage. Pilot was performing taxiing aircraft for takeoff at Stockton, CA. On downwind taxi the left wing raised and aircraft ground looped into the gravel on side of…
- [Incident 20110129001069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110129001069I), Jan 29, 2011: American Ch 7GCBC (N59WD), Palo Alto, CA, Minor damage. On second approach to runway 31, the aircraft was onspeed, on center line, on glide path with good crosswind correction. Upon touchdown, a go around was…

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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