- Date
- August 10, 1995, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5147TChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950810048939A
- Case key
- 19539
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper flare and the inadequate supervision by the flight instructor.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During the first landing, the flight instructor intentionally 'ballooned' the airplane with the intention that the recovery from the maneuver would be made by the student. The student took the controls, added power and 'returned to a stall landing.' The airplane 'stalled' approximately 12 to 18 inches above the ground, the right wing 'dropped,' and the right main landing gear contacted the ground. The owner and operator reported that the commercial pilot was enrolled as a student in the tailwheel training course. The hard landing resulted in structural damage to the right main landing gear support tube, and longerons and stringers in the fuselage area were twisted.
Factual narrative
On August 10, 1995, at 0900 central daylight time, a Champion 7ECA, N5147T, was substantially damaged during a landing at Monroe Regional Airport, Monroe, Louisiana. The certificated flight instructor and pilot rated student were not injured. The airplane was being operated as a local instructional flight by McMahan Aviation under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed.
According to the Pilot/Operator Report, during the first landing, the flight instructor intentionally "ballooned" the airplane with the intention that the recovery from the maneuver would be made by the student. The student took the controls and added power and "returned to a stall landing." The airplane "stalled" approximately 12 to 18 inches above the ground, the right wing "dropped," and the right main landing gear contacted the ground.
The owner and operator reported the following information during a telephone conversation with a NTSB investigator. The commercial pilot was enrolled as a student in the tailwheel training course. The hard landing resulted in structural damage to the right main landing gear support tube, and longerons and stringers in the fuselage area were twisted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5147T
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 555
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Mcmahan Aviation
- Registered owner
- Ronald E. Davis Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Departed
- MLU
- Airport
- MLU · Monroe Regional, runway 14, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,332 total · 101 in this make and model · 1,255 as pilot in command · 135 in the last 90 days · 90 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.