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CEN23LA005

2022-10-05 · San Antonio, Texas, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 1TT8

Current FAA registration · N119TX

Make / Model
AERONCA 7BCM
Year of manufacture
1947 · 75 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C85-12F (85 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20190213
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A04F61

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The flight instructor’s failure to attain/maintain aircraft control during landing.

Factual narrative

The flight instructor was demonstrating a three-point landing during an instructional flight when the airplane bounced on the runway and ground looped. The instructor recovered the airplane from the ground loop as it departed the runway surface and then added engine power to try to avoid impact with a wall that was part of the runway’s bridge over a creek. The airplane impacted the wall and fell into the creek. The airplane sustained substantial damage that included damage to the airplane fuselage and engine mount. The flight instructor stated that there was no mechanical malfunction/failure of the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • — Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-(general)-Not attained/maintained
  • — Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Pilot

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2022_CEN23LA005.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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