# NTSB CEN23LA005: Aeronca 7BCM, N119TX, San Antonio, TX, October 5, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: October 5, 2022, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC) - Place: San Antonio, TX - Coordinates: 29.74, -98.45 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7400&lon=-98.4500&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration, San Antonio, FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 106075 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN23LA005 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106075/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106075 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA005 ## Probable cause The flight instructor’s failure to attain/maintain aircraft control during landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Aeronca 7BCM, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md?model=2110106), [All aircraft, 1,269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Aeronca 7BCM, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2110106), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Aeronca 7BCM, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2110106), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Aeronca 7BCM, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2110106), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Aeronca 7BCM, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=2110106), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Aeronca 7BCM, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2110106), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Aeronca 7BCM, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2110106), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The flight instructor was demonstrating a three-point landing during an instructional flight when the airplane bounced on the runway and ground looped. The instructor recovered the airplane from the ground loop as it departed the runway surface and then added engine power to try to avoid impact with a wall that was part of the runway’s bridge over a creek. The airplane impacted the wall and fell into the creek. The airplane sustained substantial damage that included damage to the airplane fuselage and engine mount. The flight instructor stated that there was no mechanical malfunction/failure of the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N119TX](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N119TX), registered now, S/N 7BCM-343, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AERONCA 7BCM - Registry model: [Aeronca 7BCM](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7bcm) (registry code 2110106) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental C85-12F](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-12f) (registry code 17125, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 7BCM-343 - Year built: 1947 - Airframe hours: 1849 - Engines: Continental C-85 85 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 10, 2022 - Departed: 1TT8, Bulverde, TX - Destination: 1TT8, Bulverde, TX - Airport: 1TT8, Bulverde Airpark, runway 16, 2,890 × 40 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 72; injuries: none; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed; last flight review March 5, 2022; seat: rear; flight hours: 5,200 total, 31 in this make and model, 3,850 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 0.5 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 69; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed; last flight review November 1, 2020; seat: front; flight hours: 2,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 2,200 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 55 °F - Altimeter: 30.13 inHg - Observed at: SAT, 12 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 20221005016269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221005016269A), Oct 5, 2022: Aeronca 7BCM, San Antonio, TX, Substantial damage. Attempting to demonistrate a 3 point landing. Bounced aircraft, and yawed 90 degrees. Added power to climb out, landing gear struck bridge wall that spans the… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 6, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106075. 3.1 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 2.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14619432&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum of record - FAA 1 of 2 (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 66 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14624317&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20-%20FAA-Rel.pdf - Memorandum of record - FAA 2 of 2 (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 63 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14656729&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20-%20FAA%202%20of%202-Rel.pdf - Photo log (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 124 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14629495&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Log-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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