# NTSB FTW84LA346: Aeronca 7AC, N85625, Fulshear, TX, August 11, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 11, 1984, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place: Fulshear, TX
- Location: 29.6964° N, 95.8858° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fulshear, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6964&lon=-95.8858&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21424
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA346
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21424/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA346

## 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
  - crew/group coordination - not maintained, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
  - control interference - inadvertent, dual student (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - performed, pilot in command(cfi)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, takeoff
- Nose down, takeoff

## Analysis

ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL, A 'SHORT DURATION CROSS CONTROL CONDITION OCCURRED' BETWEEN THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR PILOTS, RESULTING IN THE ACFT DEPARTING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, POWER WAS REDUCED BUT THE ACFT ROLLED INTO A DIRT BANK AND MUD HOLES, COLLAPSING THE GEAR. THE ACFT CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N85625 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7AC-4369
- Airframe hours: 2600
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-65-8 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: James R. Gardner
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: STA4, Westheimer, runway 11, 2,650 × 28 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 2,261 total, 47 in this make and model, 1,928 as pilot in command, 47 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

## 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 19840811040029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840811040029A), Aug 11, 1984: Bbavia 7AC, Fulshear, TX, Substantial damage. Instructor not quick enough to catch students mistake on takeoff roll. Went off side of runway, hit a dirt bank.

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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