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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aeronca 7AC · Spearfish, SD · August 28, 2011

Date
August 28, 2011 · 10:49 local
Place
Spearfish, SD
Airport
Black Hills Clyde Ice Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N85018
Reported as
Aeronca 7AC
Reported engine
Continental C85 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
110 total21 in this make and model3 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 was practicing touch and go landings. On the third landing, aircraft veered left and could not be corrected. Pilot could not keep airplane on runway. The right wingtip struck the ground and received minor damage. The tail wheel was bent as a result of the ground loop. The pilot and passenger were not injured.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. ON THE THIRD LANDING, AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND COULD NOT BE CORRECTED. PILOT COULD NOT KEEP AIRPLANE ON RUNWAY. THE RIGHT WINGTIP STRUCK THE GROUND AND RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE TAIL WHEEL WAS BENT AS A RESULT OF THE GROUND LOOP. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.