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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aeronca 7EC · Anchorage, AK · May 28, 2012

Date
May 28, 2012 · 10:45 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Lake Hood
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N98JP
Reported as
Aeronca 7EC
Reported engine
Continental C90 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
9,500 total30 in this make and model60 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.

While taxiing the right float filled with water and sunk tilting the aircraft allowing the right wingtip to submerge in the water. Pilot and passenger had no injuries and were assisted by airport police and local volunteers. Damage to aircraft is float, float rudder and airframe tail rudder.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING THE RIGHT FLOAT FILLED WITH WATER AND SUNK TILTING THE AIRCRAFT ALLOWING THE RIGHT WINGTIP TO SUBMERGE IN THE WATER. PILOT AND PASSENGER HAD NO INJURIES AND WERE ASSISTED BY AIRPORT POLICE AND LOCAL VOLUNTEERS. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT IS FLOAT, FLOAT RUDDER AND AIRFRAME TAIL RUDDER.