# Incident 20170624011779I: Champion 7KCAB, Centennial, CO, June 24, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2017, 08:25 local time
- Place: Centennial, CO
- Airport: Centennial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5103X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5103X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7KCAB (registry code 21101P3, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7KCAB
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,485 total, 960 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170624011779I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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