# Accident 20170505004739A: Robert E Bounds BOUNDS BEARCOUPE, Hanksville, UT, May 5, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2017, 09:12 local time
- Place: Hanksville, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4203° N, 110.7011° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4203&lon=-110.7011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N136BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N136BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robert E Bounds BOUNDS BEARCOUPE (registry code 05632MR, https://openairdocs.org/model/robert-e-bounds-bounds-bearcoupe) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-340-A1A (registry code 42192, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-340-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBERT E BOUNDS BOUNDS BEARCOUPE
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-340-A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,500 total, 2 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170505004739A

## Narrative

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

THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN UTAH TO DO SOME BACKCOUNTRY FLYING.  HE HIRED A LOCAL FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO SHOW HIM SOME OF THE AIRPORTS IN THE AREA.  ON 5/5/2017 THE LOCAL INSTRUCTOR AND THE OWNER DID SOME TOURING OF THE BANK COUNTRY AIRPORTS IN SOUTHERN UTAH.  WHEN THEY CAME INTO HANKSVILLE THE INSTRUCTOR WANTED TO PERFORM THE LANDING.  WHEN THEY TOUCHED DOWN THE INSTRUCTOR INADVERTANTLY HAD HIS FEET ONT HE BRAKES.  THE AIRCAFT FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS BACK.

## 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 WPR17LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA098), May 5, 2017: Robert E Bounds Bounds Bearcoupe (N136BC), Hanksville, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to maintain airplane control during landing when he inadvertently applied brake pressure to the toe brakes when the airplane touched down.

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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