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FAA incident report · Bbavia 7AC · Syracuse, NY · March 8, 2001

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Date
March 8, 2001 · 14:30 local
Place
Syracuse, NY
Airport
Syracuse Hancock International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N85163
Reported as
Bbavia 7AC
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,700 total1,500 in this make and model97 in the last 90 days
N85163Registered now · Aeronca 7ACS/N 7AC-3895 · Built 1946Airframe modelAeronca 7ACEngine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On March 8, 2001 at 1430 EST, an Aeronca 7AC, s/n 7AC-3895, N85163, registered and operated by privacy data omitted inadvertly landed on oneida lake, new york (lost depth perception). The aircraft came to rest on the frozen and snow covered lake. The pilot and the passenger reported the following: he lost his depth perception due to the gray sky and white snow. He thought that he was higher than he was, and the aircraft hit the heavy wet snow at a depth of approximately 9 to 12 inches and then came to rest. The pilot and the passenger then walked to shore and called the local authorizes. Maintnenance personnel inspected the aircraft and noted the following discrepancies: landing gear damaged, propeller strike, cowling damage, aircraft fabic damaged. The aircraft was disassembled and trucked to privacy data omitted residence. Visual meteorolgical conditions prevailed at the time and no IFR flight plan filed. The aricraft was damaged and there were no injuries. The flight originated at the fulton/oswego country airport, oswego, new york on March 8, 2001 at approximately 1400.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 8, 2001 AT 1430 EST, AN AERONCA 7AC, S/N 7AC-3895, N85163, REGISTERED AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INADVERTLY LANDED ON ONEIDA LAKE, NEW YORK (LOST DEPTH PERCEPTION). THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE FROZEN AND SNOW COVERED LAKE. THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: HE LOST HIS DEPTH PERCEPTION DUE TO THE GRAY SKY AND WHITE SNOW. HE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS HIGHER THAN HE WAS, AND THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE HEAVY WET SNOW AT A DEPTH OF APPROXIMATELY 9 TO 12 INCHES AND THEN CAME TO REST. THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER THEN WALKED TO SHORE AND CALLED THE LOCAL AUTHORIZES. MAINTNENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTED THE FOLLOWING DISCREPANCIES: LANDING GEAR DAMAGED, PROPELLER STRIKE, COWLING DAMAGE, AIRCRAFT FABIC DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISASSEMBLED AND TRUCKED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED RESIDENCE. VISUAL METEOROLGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO IFR FLIGHT PLAN FILED. THE ARICRAFT WAS DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE FULTON/OSWEGO COUNTRY AIRPORT, OSWEGO, NEW YORK ON MARCH 8, 2001 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400.