# NTSB ERA25LA340: Champion 7FC, N9884B, Jackson, OH, September 2, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: September 2, 2025, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Jackson, OH
- Coordinates: 38.981903, -82.577431 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9819&lon=-82.5774&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: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 4, 2025
- 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): 200977
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA340
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200977/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200977
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA340

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during a touch-and-go landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Aeronca 7FC, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2110124), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/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 7FC, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2110124), [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-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Aeronca 7FC, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2110124), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Aeronca 7FC, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2110124), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot was demonstrating a touch-and-go landing in the tailwheel equipped airplane with a flight instructor onboard. During the fourth landing the pilot lost control of the airplane and it ground looped to the left. The airplane departed the left side of the runway, went through a ditch, and came to rest in the grass. The airplane’s fuselage and left wing were substantially damaged during the accident sequence. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9884B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9884B), registered now, S/N 7FC-204, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7FC (NO SERIES EXISTS)
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7FC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7fc) (registry code 2110124) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200-A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-a) (registry code 17191, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7FC-204
- Year built: 1958
- Airframe hours: 3725
- Engines: CONT MOTOR O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 14, 2024
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: JRO, James A Rhodes, runway 19, 5,201 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; last flight review August 26, 2023; seat: front; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 930 total, 1 in this make and model, 930 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 0 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours
- Flight instructor; age 75; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown; seat: rear; flight hours: 4,915 total, 6 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 30.09 inHg
- Turbulence: Unknown
- Observed at: KJRO
- METAR: METAR KJRO 021635Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 25/15 A3009 RMK AO2=

## 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 20250902013209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250902013209A), Sep 2, 2025: Aeronca 7FC, Jackson, OH, Substantial damage. On September 2, 2025 at 12:30 EDT, a CH7A lost directional control on rollout landing runway 19 at kjro. The aircraft sustained substantial damage after…

## Docket (5 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 4, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200977. 27.9 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 22.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19375609&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=01_6120_Recd%209%2026%202025%20Filled%20In%20Date%20Received_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Flight instructor statement (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 503 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19375458&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=02_Robert%20Swank%20Statement%20N9884B_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Investigation photographs (item 3, PDF, 5 pages, 2.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19376050&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=03_N9884B%20photos%20PDF_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- FAA inspection report (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 41 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19375938&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=04_N9884B%20Rudder%20Statement-Rel.pdf
- Release of aircraft wreckage, NTSB form 6120.15 (item 5, PDF, 1 page, 2.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19399414&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Wreckage%20release%20form_Redacted-Rel.pdf

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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