# Incident 20110811017969I: Champion 7CCM, Seneca Falls, NY, August 11, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2011, 09:45 local time
- Place: Seneca Falls, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9116° N, 76.7971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seneca Falls, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9116&lon=-76.7971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38691, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38691) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7CCM (registry code 21101MW, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7ccm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7CCM
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110811017969I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 11, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 LOCAL TIME, FAA INSPECTORS LONG AND O'NEILLE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING AN AERONCA CHAMPION AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION N38691. THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 19 WITH A WEST GUSTY CROSS WIND.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON ITS RIGHT WHEEL AND THEN DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, IMPACTING AND DESTROYING THE PAPI LIGHT SYSTEM LOCATED JUST LEFT OF THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A BEAN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 150 TO 200 FT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AT ABOUT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE.  THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS ATTACHED TO THE FUSELAGE BUT WAS COLLAPSED.  THE LEFT WING WAS ON THE GROUND AND HAD SOME WRINKLING IN THE FABRIC BUT WAS NOT TORN.  LOCATED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RIGHT WING THERE IS A PUNCHER IN THE FABRIC ABOUT THE SIZE OF A MANS FIST JUST BEHIND THE ROUND INSPECTION PLATE.  THE RIGHT WINGS STRUTS WERE BENT ABOUT HALF WAY UP.  THE PROPELLER WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED EXHIBITING BENDING TOWARD THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WERE PIECES MISSING FROM THE OUTER PORTIONS OF THE PROPELLER WHERE IT STRUCK THE PAPI EQUIPMENT.  THE FUSELAGE CAME TO REST WITH ITS NOSE POINTING ABOUT A 340 DEGREE HEADING.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD FUEL IN THE WING TANKS AND THERE WAS ABOUT 3.5 QUARTS OF OIL ON THE DIP STICK.NO CHARTS WERE DISCOVERED IN THE COCKPIT AREA.  THE THROTTLE WAS IN THE FULL FORWARD POSITION AND THE CARBURETOR HEAT CONTROL WAS ON.  THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS IN THE OFF POSITION.  THE ELT SHOWED A REPLACEMENT DATE OF NOVEMBER 2010.

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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