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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Aeronca 7AC · Carbondale, PA · June 18, 2011

Date
June 18, 2011 · 10:00 local
Place
Carbondale, PA
Airport
Malinchak
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3068E
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11CA372
Reported as
Aeronca 7AC
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total100 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot landed the aircraft on a downhill sloping runway with a tailwind. Pilot touchdown point was past the windsock with minimal runway length remaining. Pilot was unable to stop the aircraft before striking a parked trailer, causing substantial damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON A DOWNHILL SLOPING RUNWAY WITH A TAILWIND. PILOT TOUCHDOWN POINT WAS PAST THE WINDSOCK WITH MINIMAL RUNWAY LENGTH REMAINING. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE STRIKING A PARKED TRAILER, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.