# Accident 20110618015429A: Aeronca 7AC, Carbondale, PA, June 18, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2011, 10:00 local time
- Place: Carbondale, PA
- Airport: Malinchak
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6217° N, 75.5264° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6217&lon=-75.5264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3068E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3068E) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA372) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110618015429A

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA11CA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA372), Jun 18, 2011: Aeronca 7AC (N3068E), Carbondale, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a runway overrun. Contributing to the accident was that the pilot did not attain the proper landing point.

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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