NTSB ERA25LA340 — 2025-09-02 · Jackson, Ohio, United States

Current FAA registration · N9884B

Make / Model: AERONCA 7FC
Year of manufacture: 1958 · 67 years old at event
Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200-A (100 hp)
Seats / Engines: 2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 20200205
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S ADCBC2

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9884B Champion 7FC None

Probable cause & findings

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

Factual narrative

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. 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-Directional control-Not attained/maintained
— Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Pilot

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2025_ERA25LA340.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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