# Incident 20090825048959I: Aeronca AR7, Springville, NY, August 25, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2009, 18:55 local time
- Place: Springville, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5081° N, 78.6694° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springville, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5081&lon=-78.6694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84423, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84423) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA AR7
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 50 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090825048959I

## Narrative

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

ON 8-25-09 AT APPROX 1900 EDT AN AERONCA 7AC REGISTERED AS N84423 EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING OFF AIRPORT NEAR SPRINGVILLE NY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A LOCAL VFR AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.  NO OTHER PERSON WAS INJURED AND NO OTHER PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N84423 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20220721012889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220721012889A), Jul 21, 2022: Aeronca 7AC (N84423), Plant City, FL, Substantial damage. On July 21, 2022 at 1500Z, an Aeronca 7AC, [privacy data omitted] had a sudden engine failure that caused the pilot to make an emergency landing in a field.…

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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