# Incident 20091226857459I: Aeronca 7AC, Beaver, PA, December 26, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2009, 12:00 local time
- Place: Beaver, PA
- Airport: Beaver County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7725° N, 80.3914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEAVER COUNTY (BVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7725&lon=-80.3914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3036E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3036E-2022-08-13) (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 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,895 total, 18 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091226857459I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HIT A FENCE AFTER A LANDING ATTEMPT ON RUNWAY 28 AT BEAVER COUNTY AIRPORT (BVI). PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER A BOUNCED LANDING, WHEN THE AIRPLANE REGAINED CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY; HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, VEERED TO THE SOUTHWEST TRAVELED THROUGH THE GRASS AND CAME TO REST ON A FENCE. AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE LANDING; WINDS AS REPORTED BY THE BVI TOWER WERE 220 AT 13 KTS A LEFT CROSS WIND. A 44709 CHECK RIDE IS PENDING.

## Other reports on N3036E (1)

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

- [Incident 20210719011219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210719011219I), Jul 19, 2021: Aeronca 7AC (N3036E), Buchanon, VA, Minor damage. Instructor conducting flight review attempted to recover bounced landing and crashed into trees at the end of runway 27.

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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