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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aeronca 7AC · Kendall, NY · July 15, 2011

Date: July 15, 2011 · 13:30 local
Place: Kendall, NY
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N85046
Reported as: Aeronca 7AC
Reported engine: Continental A&C65 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total

N85046Registration cancelled Jun 1, 2018 · Aeronca 7ACS/N 7AC-3773 Airframe modelAeronca 7AC Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

This airplane was being operated on a ferry permit. Airplane was operated out of a private strip located in Kendall, NY. Pilot in command reports on takeoff, immediately after rotation, the airplane kept going right and he could not turn the airplane left. He recognized he would be unable to out climb the trees, he continued to pitch up and the airman reports, that when the landing gear went into the trees, he closed the throttle. The airplane came to rest atop the trees. Trees were cut down to remove both plane and pilot. Airman reports the propeller was turning while in the trees, yet, there is no noticeable damage to the propeller and only slight damage to the spinner which was as a result of the airplane coming to rest on the spinner after the accident and as a result of being cut down from the tree.

As the FAA filed it

THIS AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED ON A FERRY PERMIT. AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED OUT OF A PRIVATE STRIP LOCATED IN KENDALL, NY. PILOT IN COMMAND REPORTS ON TAKEOFF, IMMEDIATELY AFTER ROTATION, THE AIRPLANE KEPT GOING RIGHT AND HE COULD NOT TURN THE AIRPLANE LEFT. HE RECOGNIZED HE WOULD BE UNABLE TO OUT CLIMB THE TREES, HE CONTINUED TO PITCH UP AND THE AIRMAN REPORTS, THAT WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WENT INTO THE TREES, HE CLOSED THE THROTTLE. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ATOP THE TREES. TREES WERE CUT DOWN TO REMOVE BOTH PLANE AND PILOT. AIRMAN REPORTS THE PROPELLER WAS TURNING WHILE IN THE TREES, YET, THERE IS NO NOTICEABLE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND ONLY SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE SPINNER WHICH WAS AS A RESULT OF THE AIRPLANE COMING TO REST ON THE SPINNER AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND AS A RESULT OF BEING CUT DOWN FROM THE TREE.