Aeronca 7BCM N119TX

Summary

On 5 October 2022 at about 16:30 local time, a Aeronca 7BCM registered N119TX was involved in an accident near San Antonio, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 October 2022 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Bulverde Airpark (1TT8)

Coordinates

29.7400, -98.4500

Aircraft

Aeronca 7BCM

Registration

N119TX

Category

Airplane

Year built

1947

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bulverde → Bulverde

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN23LA005

1 person had minor injuries.

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

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB 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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.