# Accident 20090906048909A: Aeronca 15AC, Kotzebue, AK, September 6, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2009, 20:00 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 68.4075° N, 161.3544° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=68.4075&lon=-161.3544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1187H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1187H-2011-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 15AC (registry code 0191202, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-15ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 15AC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090906048909A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS LANDING UPHILL AT HIS HUNTING CAMP NORTHWEST OF KOTZEBUE, A 900 FOOT STRIP WITH ABOUT A 20% GRADE. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON LANDING.  HE APPLIED BRAKES AND THEN ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE AT THE END OF THE STRIP. HE NOSED OVER INTO GROUND EFFECT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT NOTICED THE WIND HAD CHANGED AT THE TOP OF THE STRIP TO A QUARTERING TAILWIND, COMPARED TO A HEADWIND DOWN THE VALLEY. PTRS AL01200903072

## 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 ANC09CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA093), Sep 7, 2009: Aeronca 15AC (N1187H), Kotzebue, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delay in aborting the off-airport landing resulting in a hard landing.

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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