19990206018769I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aronca L3 · Whitebear Lake, MN · February 6, 1999

Date: February 6, 1999 · 13:53 local
Place: Whitebear Lake, MN
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1282A
Reported as: Aronca L3
Reported engine: Continental A658
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,750 total2 in this make and model113 in the last 90 days

N1282ARegistered now · Aeronca 0-58BS/N 058B1282 Airframe modelAeronca 0-58B 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.

Pilot had just purchased this aircraft in lacrosse, WI and was flying it home to the anoka county airport (MN). Aircraft ran out of fuel approx. 5 miles from the airport. Aircraft landed on the football field of the white bear lake golf school annex. The field had approx. 8 inches of snow on it. The snow caused the aircraft to flip over on its back after approx. 400 feet of its landing rollout. Aircraft sustained very minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAD JUST PURCHASED THIS AIRCRAFT IN LACROSSE, WI AND WAS FLYING IT HOME TO THE ANOKA COUNTY AIRPORT (MN). AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL APPROX. 5 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD OF THE WHITE BEAR LAKE GOLF SCHOOL ANNEX. THE FIELD HAD APPROX. 8 INCHES OF SNOW ON IT. THE SNOW CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER ON ITS BACK AFTER APPROX. 400 FEET OF ITS LANDING ROLLOUT. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED VERY MINOR DAMAGE.