# Incident 20100103025679I: Aeronca 7AC, Scappoose, OR, January 3, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2010, 12:18 local time
- Place: Scappoose, OR
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7581° N, 122.8731° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scappoose, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7581&lon=-122.8731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N857AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N857AC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 250 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100103025679I

## Narrative

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

ON PRE-FLIGHT, PILOT VERIFIED FUEL GAUGE INDICATED ONE QUARTER TANK. PILOT VISUALLY LOOKED IN TANK TO VERIFY FUEL QUANTITY. HE STATED HE THOUGHT IT LOOKED ABOUT RIGHT FROM PRIOR EXPERIENCE WITH THIS AIRCRAFT. PILOT DEPARTED PEARSON AIR PARK AND FLEW 12 MINUTES. LOST POWER. THOUGHT IT MAY BE CARB ICE. APPLIED CARB HEAT AND FULL RICH. SEEMED TO RECOVER FOR NO MORE THAN 30 SECONDS. LOST POWER AGAIN. OPENED WING TANK VALVE. NO HELP. BROADCAST MAYDAY ON 121.5. PERFORMED GOOD LANDING WITHOUT POWER IN MOWED WHEAT FIELD. STATED FUEL TANK INDICATED ZERO. FUELED AIRCRAFT. PERFORMED FULL POWER RUN-UP. PERFORMED LEAK CHECK OK. FLEW AIRCRAFT BACK TO PEARSON AIR PARK.

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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