# Accident 19980916029819A: Aronca 65TAC, Dalton, GA, September 16, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1998, 13:37 local time
- Place: Dalton, GA
- Airport: Dalton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7901° N, 84.9202° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7901&lon=-84.9202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39309, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39309) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 65-TAC (registry code 0190910, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-tac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ARONCA 65TAC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 129 total, 56 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL98LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980916029819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT MR. JESSE K. DOUGLAS OF HOUSTON, TEXAS STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 AT THE DALTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. HIS FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE HAWKINS COUNTY AIRPORT, (RVN) IN ROGERSVILLE, TENNESSEE. MR. DOUGLAS STATED THAT HE THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE LANDED "A LITTLE HARD" AND HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT START TO VEER TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER LINE AFTER TOUCHDOWN. HE STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED THROUGH THE GRASSY RUNWAY BORDER AT AN APPROXIMATE 45 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPED OVER AT THE EDGE OF THE GRASSY AREA. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN AN INVERTED POSITION AT THE BASE OF A SMALL BERM LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. A STATEMENT FROM MR. HARVEY HALLMAN, WHO WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT YIELDED INFORMATION WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT GIVEN BY THE PILOT. MR. HALLMAN IS THE MANAGER OF THE DALTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING STRUT AND RIGHT WING TIP. THE NOSE COWLING AND TIP OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE ANTI CASTERING SPRING AND CHAIN WERE BROKEN AS A RESULT OF THE VIOLENT SHIMMY WHICH OCCURED AFTER IMPACT OF A HARD TOUCHDOWN AND FAST FORWARD SPEED. AN ONSIGHT REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS DID NOT REVEAL ANY SUGGESTION OF ANY MAINTENANCE IRREGULARITIES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES RESULTING FROM THIS ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL98LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA126), Sep 16, 1998: Aeronca 65-TAC (L-3) (N39309), Dalton, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing. A factor was the pilot's lack of experience in the same make and model airplane.

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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