# Incident 20110828023529I: Aeronca 7AC, Spearfish, SD, August 28, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2011, 10:49 local time
- Place: Spearfish, SD
- Airport: Black Hills Clyde Ice Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4811° N, 103.7860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLACK HILLS-CLYDE ICE FLD (SPF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4811&lon=-103.7860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85018, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85018) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 21 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110828023529I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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