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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aeronca 7AC · Simsbury, CT · September 15, 2013

Date
September 15, 2013 · 09:45 local
Place
Simsbury, CT
Airport
Simsbury
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1561E
Reported as
Aeronca 7AC
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
415 total15 in this make and model25 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.

Aircraft made 2 approaches to runway 3, on third approach he landed right of centerline, he corrected left, aircraft turned hard left and went towards show line. As it approached the show line it turned hard left as the prop contacted the show line rope and right wing hit the open rear door of a volkswagen bus.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT MADE 2 APPROACHES TO RUNWAY 3, ON THIRD APPROACH HE LANDED RIGHT OF CENTERLINE, HE CORRECTED LEFT, AIRCRAFT TURNED HARD LEFT AND WENT TOWARDS SHOW LINE. AS IT APPROACHED THE SHOW LINE IT TURNED HARD LEFT AS THE PROP CONTACTED THE SHOW LINE ROPE AND RIGHT WING HIT THE OPEN REAR DOOR OF A VOLKSWAGEN BUS.