20130115025799I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aeronca 7AC · Norridgewock, ME · January 15, 2013

Date
January 15, 2013 · 11:05 local
Place
Norridgewock, ME
Airport
Central Maine Airport Of Norridge
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7117A
Reported as
Aeronca 7AC
Reported engine
Continental C85 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
44 total13 in this make and model13 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.

Student on solo flight had landed on runway with intention of making full stop landing. After touchdown with tailwheel, pilot experienced what felt like violent shaking. Aircraft slowly began to turn towards the right side of runway where is struck a high snowbank and went hose over.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT ON SOLO FLIGHT HAD LANDED ON RUNWAY WITH INTENTION OF MAKING FULL STOP LANDING. AFTER TOUCHDOWN WITH TAILWHEEL, PILOT EXPERIENCED WHAT FELT LIKE VIOLENT SHAKING. AIRCRAFT SLOWLY BEGAN TO TURN TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY WHERE IS STRUCK A HIGH SNOWBANK AND WENT HOSE OVER.