# Accident 20110305003759A: Aeronca 7AC, Delphi, IN, March 5, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2011, 18:30 local time
- Place: Delphi, IN
- Airport: Delphi Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5408° N, 86.6815° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELPHI MUNI (1I9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5408&lon=-86.6815&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82429, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82429-2018-03-06) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 185 total, 185 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110305003759A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 5TH, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 LOCAL TIME N82429 AN AERONCA CHAMP, DEPARTED RUNWAY 18 AT DELPHI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (K1I9) AND CAME TO REST IN A FIELD.  THE STUDENT PILOT STATED HE WAS PRACTICING HIGH SPEED TAXIING AND ABORTED TAKE-OFFS, IN PREPARATION FOR WHEEL LANDINGS.  DURING HIS HIGH SPEED RUN HE REDUCED POWER AND THEN DEPARTED RUNWAY 18 OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE.  ONCE IN THE GRASS HE ADDED FULL POWER IN ORDER TO TAKE-OFF , AT THAT TIME HEARD A LOUD SNAP AND SAW HIS LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD BROKEN OFF THE AIRCRAFT.  HE REDUCED POWER AND CAME TO A FULL STOP IN A PLOWED FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING SPAR, RIGHT WING AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR.  THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF  THE ACCIDENT AS REPORTED BY THE STUDENT WERE WINDS 210 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS GUSTING TO 11 KNOTS AND MIST. RUNWAY CONDITIONS DAMP.  THE METAR AT KLAF LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF  DELPHI MUNICIPAL AT 18:19 LOCAL TIME REPORTED WINDS 360 DEGREES AT 16 KNOTS GUSTING TO 22 KNOTS WITH 2 ½ MILES VISIBILITY DUE TO SNOW AND MIST.*NOTE-ALTHOUGH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LISTED MARCH 4TH ON HIS NTSB REPORT AS THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT, THE ACTUAL DAY WAS MARCH 5TH AS LISTED ON THIS FORM.#32 – OTHER.THE FAA WILL OBSERVE THE UPCOMING CHECK RIDE OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.WILL INCREASE SURVEILLANCE OF STUDENT'S CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

## 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

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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