# Incident 20130115025799I: Aeronca 7AC, Norridgewock, ME, January 15, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2013, 11:05 local time
- Place: Norridgewock, ME
- Airport: Central Maine Airport Of Norridge
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7228° N, 69.7631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norridgewock, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7228&lon=-69.7631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7117A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7117A-2022-12-31) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130115025799I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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