# NTSB ERA22LA152: American Champion 7GCBC, N91JB, Plainville, CT, March 10, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: March 10, 2022, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC) - Place: Plainville, CT - Coordinates: 41.689333, -72.864694 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6893&lon=-72.8647&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 104759 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA152 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104759/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104759 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA152 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [American Champion 7GCBC, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=21101PL), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [American Champion 7GCBC, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=21101PL), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [American Champion 7GCBC, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=21101PL), [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: [American Champion 7GCBC, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=21101PL), [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: [American Champion 7GCBC, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=21101PL), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [American Champion 7GCBC, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=21101PL), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis According to the pilot, the purpose of the flight was to practice wheel landings in the tailwheel equipped airplane. The third approach was normal, and the airplane touched down to the right of centerline of the runway. The pilot applied left rudder to maneuver the airplane onto the centerline and “inadvertently engaged” the toe brake, which resulted in a veer to the left. The pilot attempted to correct the turn; however, he “over corrected” and the airplane departed the right side of the runway into the grass. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage and right wing. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N91JB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91JB-2023-10-07), registration cancelled 2023-10-07, S/N 1251-98, built 1998 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7GCBC - Registry model: [American Champion 7GCBC](https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-7gcbc) (registry code 21101PL) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 1251-98 - Year built: 1998 - Airframe hours: 1245 - Engines: Lycoming Engines O-320 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, February 17, 2022, 3 hours before - Airport: 4B8, Robertson Field Airport, runway 20, 3,665 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 82; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed, without waivers/limitations; last flight review March 12, 2020; seat: front; restraint: 5-point; flight hours: 974 total, 427 in this make and model, 506 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 0.4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 41 °F, dew point 30 °F - Altimeter: 30.20 inHg - Observed at: HFD, 10 nm away - METAR: KHFD 101553Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 05/M01 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP225 T00501011 ## 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 20220310003129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220310003129A), Mar 10, 2022: American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC, Plainville, CT, Substantial damage. On March 10, 2022 at approximately 1045 EST, civil aircraft N91JB, an American Champion Aircraft model 7GCBC, serial number 1251-98 was involved in an… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 25, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104759. 5.7 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 3.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13639515&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=LA152%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Pilot's statement (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13640330&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20Statement_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigative photograph (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 761 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13638841&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array%20LA152-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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