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FAA incident report · American Champion 8KCAB · St. Augustine, FL · November 11, 2023

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Date
November 11, 2023 · 09:46 local
Place
St. Augustine, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N751U
Reported as
American Champion 8KCAB
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO-360-H1B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total300 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days
N751URegistered now · American Champion 8KCABS/N 1153-2014 · Built 2015Airframe modelAmerican Champion 8KCABEngine modelLycoming AEIO-360-H1BReciprocating

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What happened

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

Reported by the instructor:

Normal preflight and briefing with the student on the content of the flight. An aerobatic training flight was conducted with a focus on upset recovery. When coming back into land student was at the controls, approach to landing was normal, initial touchdown was aligned with the centerline and normal. The student had the right brake engaged which caused the plane to veer right after touchdown. The instructor stated that they cannot see the student’s rudders/brakes from the backseat, and assumed that they had the rudder engaged and instructed them to add the left rudder. The instructor called for the controls and tried to realign the aircraft with the centerline. The student still had the right brake input so application of the left rudder was not effective anough to realign the aircraft. The instructor managed control of the aircraft after the student released the brake and avoid a groundloop. The aircraft came to rest off the right side of the runway. No airport property or aircraft was damaged.

The student had a history of flying light sport aircraft and this was their first flight in a tailwheel aircraft. He reported that during the landing/ rollout, landing began to "go bad" and that the instructor quickly took over preventing a worse outcome.

As the FAA filed it

REPORTED BY THE INSTRUCTOR:

NORMAL PREFLIGHT AND BRIEFING WITH THE STUDENT ON THE CONTENT OF THE FLIGHT. AN AEROBATIC TRAINING FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED WITH A FOCUS ON UPSET RECOVERY. WHEN COMING BACK INTO LAND STUDENT WAS AT THE CONTROLS, APPROACH TO LANDING WAS NORMAL, INITIAL TOUCHDOWN WAS ALIGNED WITH THE CENTERLINE AND NORMAL. THE STUDENT HAD THE RIGHT BRAKE ENGAGED WHICH CAUSED THE PLANE TO VEER RIGHT AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THEY CANNOT SEE THE STUDENT’S RUDDERS/BRAKES FROM THE BACKSEAT, AND ASSUMED THAT THEY HAD THE RUDDER ENGAGED AND INSTRUCTED THEM TO ADD THE LEFT RUDDER. THE INSTRUCTOR CALLED FOR THE CONTROLS AND TRIED TO REALIGN THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE CENTERLINE. THE STUDENT STILL HAD THE RIGHT BRAKE INPUT SO APPLICATION OF THE LEFT RUDDER WAS NOT EFFECTIVE ANOUGH TO REALIGN THE AIRCRAFT. THE INSTRUCTOR MANAGED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE STUDENT RELEASED THE BRAKE AND AVOID A GROUNDLOOP. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. NO AIRPORT PROPERTY OR AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED.

THE STUDENT HAD A HISTORY OF FLYING LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT AND THIS WAS THEIR FIRST FLIGHT IN A TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT. HE REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING/ ROLLOUT, LANDING BEGAN TO "GO BAD" AND THAT THE INSTRUCTOR QUICKLY TOOK OVER PREVENTING A WORSE OUTCOME.