# Incident 20100518034269I: Aeronca 7AC, Whitney, TX, May 18, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2010, 18:30 local time
- Place: Whitney, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9524° N, 97.3198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whitney, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9524&lon=-97.3198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84203, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84203) (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: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 60 in this make and model, 249 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100518034269I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 18, 2010, AT 1830 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A AERONCA 7AC, N84203, REGISTERED TO AMBER CARTER AND OPERATED BY JOHNNY W. CARTER WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AT WHITNEY LAKE, TX. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING OPERATION OVER WHITNEY LAKE, THE ENGINE PERFORMANCE DECLINED RESULTING IN A FORCED LANDING IN THE LAKE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE CFR PART 91 FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT (ACT) AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 CST.

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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