# Incident 20111018024439I: Aeronca 7AC, Roseburg, OR, October 18, 2011 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 18, 2011, 17:00 local time - Place: Roseburg, OR - Airport: Roseburg - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Other, Specify - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 43.2393° N, 123.3559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROSEBURG RGNL (RBG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2393&lon=-123.3559&mi=10 - Aircraft: N3370E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3370E) (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: 0 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 2 - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111018024439I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THIS REPORT WILL BE DOWN GRADED FROM "INCIDENT" TO "OCCURANCE" AS THERE WAS NO INTENTION FOR FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE GROUND RUN. OWNER WAS ADJUSTING CARBURATOR. DURNING HAND PROPPING, ONWER THOUGHT HE HAD FLOODED THE ENGINE. RETURNED TO THE COCKPIT, TURNED OFF THE MAGNETOS, OPENED THE THROTTLE TO FULL AND PULLED THE PROP THROUGH BACKWARDS. HE REURNED TO THE COCKPIT AND TURNED ON MAGNETOS AND FAILED TO RETARD THROTTLE. HE PROPPED THE ENGINE AND IT IMEDIATELY WENT TO FULL POWER. THEAIRCRAFT JUMPED THE CHOCKS AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. THE OWNER ATTEMPTED TO GET TO THE COCKPIT TO PULL THE THROTTLE BACK, BUT THE BEST HE COULD DO WAS TRY TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BY HANGING ON TO THE LIFT STRUT.A HANGER NIEGHBOR, WHO HAD BEEN WATCH THE WORK WAS HIT BY THE TAIL AS THE AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND THE OWNER APPLYING DRAG ON THE R/H LIFT STRUT. THE OWNER WAS EVENTUALLY LOST HIS GRIP ON THE LIFT STRUT AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AN OUTSIDE HANGER WALL ON THE L/H WING AND PROPELLER. ## Other reports on N3370E (5) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20201005020789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201005020789A), Oct 5, 2020: Aeronca 7AC (N3370E), Salida, CO, Substantial damage. On October 5, 2020, at 1410Z N3370E an Aeronca 7AC veered off rwy 24 striking the segmented circle, the aircraft received substantial damage. Both persons on… - [Incident 20160111000499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160111000499I), Jan 11, 2016: Aeronca 7AC (N3370E), Fallbrook, CA, Substantial damage. During approach to runway 18, Fallbrook airpark, aircraft N3370E, model Aeronca 7AC, touched down 5 ft. short of actual hard surface runway. Main landing gear… - [Accident 20090509009259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090509009259A), May 9, 2009: Bbavia 7AC (N3370E), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. (-23) PIC was executing a touch and go to runway 27L at Brown field airport, San Diego, CA in a tailwheel Aeronca champ. On touchdown, with a crosswind,… - [Incident 20020817025179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020817025179I), Aug 17, 2002: Bbavia 7AC (N3370E), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. (-23) After discussing this incident with airman erb and also reading the letter from his flight instructor, this office feels that no enforcement or… - [Incident 19780722038721I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780722038721I), Jul 22, 1978: Blanca 7AC (N3370E), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Pilot taxiing out with poor brakes used a little extra speed to cross runway. He struck N714VZ in runup position. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.