# NTSB DFW08CA022: Aeronca 7AC, N81800, Fort Worth, TX, November 2, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 2, 2007, 18:28 local (23:28 UTC)
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Coordinates: 32.565277, -97.308052
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5653&lon=-97.3081&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67008
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW08CA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67008/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA022

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain direction control.  A contributing factor was the tailwind.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - grass

## Analysis

The private pilot was performing a full-stop landing on runway 17, a 60-foot wide turf runway.  On landing roll-out, the tower controller observed the tailwheel-equipped airplane departed the left side of the runway, nosed over, and came to rest in the inverted position.  The winds at the time of the accident were from 050 degrees at 4 knots.

## Factual narrative

The private pilot was performing a full-stop landing on runway 17, a 60-foot wide turf runway.  On landing roll-out, the tower controller observed the tail wheel-equipped airplane departed the left side of the runway, nosed over, and came to rest in the inverted position.  The winds at the time of the accident were from 050 degrees at 4 knots.  Despite numerous attempts, the pilot failed to provide the NTSB with the required NTSB Form 6120.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N81800](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81800), registered now, S/N 7AC423 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Aeronca 7AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7BCM/CONV](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7bcm-conv) (registry code 2110145) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7AC423
- Engines: Teledyne Continental O-200 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Robert Schulko, doing business as FlyWithRobert LLC
- Registered owner: Robert Schulko
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: Fort Worth, TX
- Destination: FWS, FORT WORTH, TX
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: FWS, Fort Worth Spinks, runway 17L, 4,000 × 60 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 80° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.12 inHg
- Observed at: FWS

## 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 20071102826459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071102826459A), Nov 2, 2007: Bbavia 7AC, Fort Worth, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On November 2, 2007 at approximately 1830 central daylight time (CDT), a single engine aeronica champ AR-7-AC, N81800, owned by flywithrobert LLC, 6329…

## Other investigations on N81800 (2)

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.

- [NTSB CEN11CA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA157), Jan 24, 2011: Aeronca 7AC (N81800), Corsicana, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.
- [NTSB FTW99LA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA270), Sep 12, 1999: Aeronca 7-AC (N81800), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll.

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.

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