# Incident 20120311003019I: Aeronca 7AC, New Castle, DE, March 11, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2012, 12:55 local time
- Place: New Castle, DE
- Airport: New Castle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6787° N, 75.6066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CASTLE (ILG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6787&lon=-75.6066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1986E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1986E) (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-65-8F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 579 total, 48 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120311003019I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON LANDING ROLLOUT. PILOT STATED CROSS WIND MAY BE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. AIRCRAFT EXITED RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 14 PRIOR TO REACHING F3 AT A 45% ANGLE.30 FEET INTO GRASSY AREA AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER STRIKING THE PROPELLER AND BOTTOM OF ENGINE COWLING. WITH ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE AND MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. METAR SHOWS WINDS 210 AT 12 KNOTS GUSTS TO 15.

## Other reports on N1986E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20121005021319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121005021319I), Oct 5, 2012: Aeronca 7AC (N1986E), Ocean City, NJ, No damage. An Aeronca 7AC, serial number 7AC-5553, N1986E was reported to have veered off the runway on landing on runway 24 at 26N, Friday October 5, 2012.no visible…

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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