# Incident 19790423024879I: Aronca O58B, Charles City, IA, April 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1979, 10:30 local time
- Place: Charles City, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0622° N, 92.6715° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charles City, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0622&lon=-92.6715&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47185, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47185) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 0-58B (registry code 0191006, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-0-58b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ARONCA O58B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 10 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790423024879I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT TAXIING TOO FAST DOWN WIND, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

## Other reports on N47185 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20160131008139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160131008139A), Jan 31, 2016: Aeronca 0-58B (N47185), Bulverde, TX, Substantial damage. Upon landing on rollout left wheel assy hub broke loose from axle, causing acft to veer left, pilot attempted to correct aircraft direction by applying right…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.