# Accident 20101109055879A: Aeronca 7AC, Merrit Island, FL, November 9, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2010, 15:30 local time
- Place: Merrit Island, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82934, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82934) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 4,100 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101109055879A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE WAS PERFORMING TRANSITIONAL PRACTICE AND ON LANDING COULD NOT CONTROL AIRCRAFT.  UNABLE TO STOP AIRCRAFT RAN OFF RUNWAY INTO BANANA RIVER.  DAMAGE TO LEFT WING TIP AND MAIN GEAR.  BREVARD AVIATION MECHANIC PICKED AIRCARFT OUT OF RIVER STATING LEFT WING WAS SLIGHTLY BENT AND BOTH FRONT GEAR WERE SEVERLY DAMAGED.  CLOSE EXAMINATION OF GEAR REVEALED CORROSION.  NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFTY BOARD TOOK THE GEAR PARTS TO THEIR METALURGICAL LAB AND PERFORM EXAMINATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER FAIURE WAS FROM CORROSION OR STRESS.  LAB REPORTED FAILURE WAS FROM AN OVERLOAD EVENT, I.E. HARD LANDING.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N82934 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820310013349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820310013349I), Mar 10, 1982: Bbavia 7AC (N82934), Clearwater, FL, Minor damage. Left oleo detached when attaching bolt hole elongated. Pilot landed on grass adjacent to runway. Gear separated.

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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