American Champion 7GCAA N1957C
8 April 2010 · Creve Couer, Missouri, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 8 April 2010 at about 17:05 local time, a American Champion 7GCAA registered N1957C, operated by Cary Fletcher, was involved in an accident near Creve Couer, Missouri, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 17:05
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Creve Couer, Missouri, United States
- Nearest airport
- Creve Coeur (1H0)
- Coordinates
- 38.7267, -90.5081
- Aircraft
- American Champion 7GCAA
- Registration
- N1957C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Cary Fletcher
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Creve Couer → Creve Couer
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN10CA197
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to go-around during a simulated engine failure and the instructor pilot's delay in remedial actions.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The flying pilot and owner of the tailwheel-equipped airplane was practicing touch-and-go landings from the front seat with an instructor pilot in the rear seat. After the flying pilot successfully completed four normal takeoff and landings and two downwind landings, the instructor pilot pulled out the carburetor heat and pulled the throttle to idle while on downwind to simulate an engine failure. The flying pilot turned toward the grass runway. The instructor pilot reported that the airplane was not positioned for a safe landing and he expected the flying pilot to go around. When a go-around was not initiated by the flying pilot, the instructor pilot called out “go around” and, soon after, he moved the throttle to full open. The airplane bounced and landed hard, damaging the landing gear and right wing tip. The flying pilot reported that a go-around should be initiated at "an earlier stage while simulating an engine out."
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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