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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aronca 15AC · Anchorage, AK · April 25, 1998

Date: April 25, 1998 · 13:00 local
Place: Anchorage, AK
Airport: Merrill Field Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1132H
Reported as: Aronca 15AC
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 103 total33 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N1132HRegistered now · Aeronca 15ACS/N 15AC-145 · Built 1948 Airframe modelAeronca 15AC Engine modelContinental C145 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.

Narrative: incident number IAL38042501 the PIC bounced the airplane during a crosswind landing. A wind gust forced the airplane off the runway to the left. The PIC did not use proper crosswind flight techniques to control the aircraft during the landing. The airplane scraped the right wing tip, stopped, and nosed over. Minor damage to the airplane, no injuries to PIC or passenger.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: INCIDENT NUMBER IAL38042501 THE PIC BOUNCED THE AIRPLANE DURING A CROSSWIND LANDING. A WIND GUST FORCED THE AIRPLANE OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. THE PIC DID NOT USE PROPER CROSSWIND FLIGHT TECHNIQUES TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE LANDING. THE AIRPLANE SCRAPED THE RIGHT WING TIP, STOPPED, AND NOSED OVER. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE, NO INJURIES TO PIC OR PASSENGER.