19780128003879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 7AC · Lakeville, MA · January 28, 1978

Date: January 28, 1978 · 13:30 local
Place: Lakeville, MA
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1665E
Reported as: Blanca 7AC
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 686 total230 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N1665ERegistered now · Aeronca 7ACS/N 7AC-5231 · Built 1946 Airframe modelAeronca 7AC Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While attempting a landing on a frozen pond, aircraft hit area of thin ice and broke through.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ATTEMPTING A LANDING ON A FROZEN POND, AIRCRAFT HIT AREA OF THIN ICE AND BROKE THROUGH.