# Accident 20120302006489A: American Champion Aircraft 7GCAA, Bedminister, NJ, March 2, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2012, 17:55 local time
- Place: Bedminister, NJ
- Airport: Somerset
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6269° N, 74.6753° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6269&lon=-74.6753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N518F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N518F-2018-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 7GCAA (registry code 2121002, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-7gcaa) (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 7GCAA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-B2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,804 total, 350 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120302006489A

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PRIVATE PILOT WERE PRACTICING EMERGENCY LANDINGS AT THE SOMMERSET NJ. AIRPORT. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PRACTICING AN EMERGENCY LANDING TO RUNWAY 30 AT SMG. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOOSING ALTITUDE TO MAKE THE RUNWAY AND ENTERING AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. THE INSTRUCTOR ALLOWED THE PILOT TO DECEND TOO LOW ON THE MANUVER, WHEN THE PRIVATE PILOT APPLIED POWER FOR THE GO-AROUND HE MISTAKENLY PUSHED THE TRIM HANDLE RATHER THAN THE POWER LEVER. THE RECOVERY FOR THIS MANUVER WAS UNATAINABLE AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 ERA12CA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA204), Mar 2, 2012: American Champion 7GCAA (N518F), Bedminster, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot receiving instruction’s inadvertent movement of the pitch trim control to the nose-down position while attempting a go-around.

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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