# Accident 20020303004109A: Aronca C3AERONCA, Sonoma, CA, March 3, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Sonoma, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2578° N, 122.4344° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2578&lon=-122.4344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17438, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17438-2013-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca C-3 (registry code 0190302, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-c-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aeronca E107A (registry code 01001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aeronca-e107a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ARONCA C3AERONCA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020303004109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE SONOMA SKY PARK (OQ9) AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 26 AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 PST. IT CLIMBED TO 250 AGL AT WHICH TIME THE ENGINE LOST POWER. MR. FIELD STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE OR AIRSPEED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 1200 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 LAX02LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA100), Mar 3, 2002: Aeronca C-3 (N17438), Sonoma, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's excessive remedial control inputs in response to a passenger's control inputs, which led to a failure to maintain an adequate airspeed and an inadvertent stall/mush. The pilot's…

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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