# Incident 19980425011609I: Aronca 15AC, Anchorage, AK, April 25, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1998, 13:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1132H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1132H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 15AC (registry code 0191202, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-15ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ARONCA 15AC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 103 total, 33 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980425011609I

## Narrative

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

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.

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.

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