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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bellanca 7KCAB · Jackson, MS · February 7, 2021

Date
February 7, 2021 · 16:00 local
Place
Jackson, MS
Airport
Hawkins Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N22BC
Reported as
Bellanca 7KCAB
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
15 total15 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Occurrence report 02/07/2021 2201Z 1601CST, event id: 650570. The Jackson Mississippi flight standards district office received an occurrence report about aircraft registration number N22BC, a Bellanca 7KCAB that ground looped doing landing at Hawkins Field (khks) in Jackson, Mississippi.

Personnel from this office make contact with the privacy data omitted for more information about the occurrence. The privacy data omitted identified himself as the flight instructor for the student pilot who was on a solo flight practicing touch and go?s. the flight instructor also stated that before his takeoff with another student he witness N22CB first touch and go without incident but did not see the second one. He stated that once he was back on the ground the pilot told him the plane started turning to the left and he couldn?t stop it. The flight instructor had the pilot send the flight standards district office his statement and pilot information.

Personnel from this office make contact with privacy data omitted who verified that he was the pilot of N22CB during the Hawkins Field incident. He reported that as he was solo practicing touch and go?s on runway 11 at hks that on his second landing is when the aircraft started to veer off to the left and in an attempt to correct he ground loop the aircraft causing damage to the right main landing gear. No injuries was reported but the right main gear wheel was fold.

The flight instructor has agree to notify the FSDO upon completion of more practice with the flight instructor especially with crosswind.

This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

OCCURRENCE REPORT 02/07/2021 2201Z 1601CST, EVENT ID: 650570. THE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE RECEIVED AN OCCURRENCE REPORT ABOUT AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N22BC, A BELLANCA 7KCAB THAT GROUND LOOPED DOING LANDING AT HAWKINS FIELD (KHKS) IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI.

PERSONNEL FROM THIS OFFICE MAKE CONTACT WITH THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OCCURRENCE. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FOR THE STUDENT PILOT WHO WAS ON A SOLO FLIGHT PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO?S. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ALSO STATED THAT BEFORE HIS TAKEOFF WITH ANOTHER STUDENT HE WITNESS N22CB FIRST TOUCH AND GO WITHOUT INCIDENT BUT DID NOT SEE THE SECOND ONE. HE STATED THAT ONCE HE WAS BACK ON THE GROUND THE PILOT TOLD HIM THE PLANE STARTED TURNING TO THE LEFT AND HE COULDN?T STOP IT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAD THE PILOT SEND THE FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE HIS STATEMENT AND PILOT INFORMATION.

PERSONNEL FROM THIS OFFICE MAKE CONTACT WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO VERIFIED THAT HE WAS THE PILOT OF N22CB DURING THE HAWKINS FIELD INCIDENT. HE REPORTED THAT AS HE WAS SOLO PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO?S ON RUNWAY 11 AT HKS THAT ON HIS SECOND LANDING IS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO VEER OFF TO THE LEFT AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT HE GROUND LOOP THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. NO INJURIES WAS REPORTED BUT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WHEEL WAS FOLD.

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAS AGREE TO NOTIFY THE FSDO UPON COMPLETION OF MORE PRACTICE WITH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ESPECIALLY WITH CROSSWIND.

THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.