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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Champion 7KCAB · Centennial, CO · June 24, 2017

Date: June 24, 2017 · 08:25 local
Place: Centennial, CO
Airport: Centennial
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5103X
Reported as: Champion 7KCAB
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-320 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,485 total960 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days

N5103XRegistered now · Champion 7KCABS/N 166 · Built 1969 Airframe modelChampion 7KCAB Engine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 06/24/2017 at approximately 0825 MDT, N5103X a Champion citabria ground looped during landing on 17R. A private pilot was receiving flight instruction on three point landings and bounced the aircraft during landing. The certified flight instructor took over control after the first bounce and the aircraft bounced a second time at which time directional control was lost. The aircraft ground looped to the left causing damage to the right wing tip, right ailerion outboard trailing edge tip and broke a section out of the right main gear rim. The aircraft remained on the runway and taxied to the ramp.

As the FAA filed it

ON 06/24/2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 0825 MDT, N5103X A CHAMPION CITABRIA GROUND LOOPED DURING LANDING ON 17R. A PRIVATE PILOT WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION ON THREE POINT LANDINGS AND BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER CONTROL AFTER THE FIRST BOUNCE AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED A SECOND TIME AT WHICH TIME DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP, RIGHT AILERION OUTBOARD TRAILING EDGE TIP AND BROKE A SECTION OUT OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR RIM. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP.