# NTSB BFO95LA086: Aeronca 7AC, N2110E, Batavia, OH, August 21, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 21, 1995, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC) - Place: Batavia, OH - Coordinates: 39.069419, -84.179977 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0694&lon=-84.1800&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 27, 1996 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 9074 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO95LA086 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9074/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO95LA086 ## Probable cause was the the second pilot's loss of directional control during the takeoff roll, and the flight instructor/pilot-in-command's inadequate supervision of the flight instructor/second pilot. A related factor was the flight instructor/second pilot's lack of total flight experience in the accident kind of airplane. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run - directional control - not maintained, copilot/second pilot (cause) - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, copilot/second pilot (contributing factor) - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - aborted ## Analysis DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR/PILOT-IN-COMMAND (CFI/PIC) TOLD THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATED SECOND PILOT, WHO WAS AT THE CONTROLS, TO '...RAISE THE TAIL.' THE CFI/PIC REPORTED THAT AT THAT POINT 'THE AIRPLANE VEERED ABRUPTLY AND SHARPLY TO THE LEFT.' THE CFI/PIC STATED: 'BY THE TIME SHE SECURED THE CONTROLS, THE AIRPLANE WAS OFF THE RUNWAY LEFT SIDE AND IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO REGAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.' THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OVER A DITCH, TOUCHED DOWN CROSSING A PARALLEL TAXIWAY AND CAME TO REST IN A BLACKBERRY THICKET. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OR CLAIM OF PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION. THE CFI/SECOND PILOT REPORTED 2 HOURS OF TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE IN THE ACCIDENT MAKE AND MODEL AIRPLANE. ## Factual narrative On August 21, 1995, about 1630 eastern daylight time, an Aeronca 7AC, N2110E, piloted by a two certificated flight instructors (CFI), sustained substantial damage when it veered off the left side of the runway during an attempted takeoff from Clermont County Airport, in Batavia, Ohio. The two CFIs, the sole occupants, reported no injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local pleasure flight, no flight plan was filed. The flight operated under 14 CFR Part 91, and the accident occurred during the takeoff roll. The CFI/Pilot-in-Command (PIC) reported that the CFI rated Second Pilot occupied the front seat, and handled the flight controls during the ground operations and the initiation of the takeoff roll. The CFI/PIC stated that during the takeoff roll she told the Second Pilot to "raise the tail" of the taildragger airplane. She reported that at that point "the airplane veered abruptly and sharply to the left." The CFI/PIC stated "I've got it" and took the controls. The CFI/PIC reported that "by the time [I] secured the controls, the airplane was off the runway left side and it was not possible to regain directional control." The CFI/PIC stated that she was able to clear a ditch in the aircraft's path but "the airplane recontacted the surface crossing a parallel taxiway. [I] closed the throttle and the airplane came to a stop in a blackberry thicket." There was no evidence or claim of preimpact mechanical malfunction. The CFI/Second Pilot reported 2 hours of total flight experience in the accident make and model airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2110E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2110E-2017-03-24), registration cancelled 2017-03-24, S/N 7AC-5680, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC - Registry model: [Champion 7DC](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7dc) (registry code 21101NB) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 7AC-5680 - Airframe hours: 3100 - Engines: CONTINENTAL C-85-12 85 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Homan, Chris T. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 10, 1995, 21 hours before - Departed: I69 - Airport: I69, Clermont County, runway 4, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 53; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: rear; flight hours: 7,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 6,500 as pilot in command, 60 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 320° at 5 knots - Visibility: 6 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 72 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: LUK, 10 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19950821039199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950821039199A), Aug 21, 1995: Bbavia 7DC, Batavia, OH, Substantial damage. CFI allowed another CFI with low tail dragger time to takeoff. Lost control CFI PIC unable recover. Ran off runway. (-23) martha lunken was in the rear seat of… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.