# Incident 20140510005859I: Aeronca 7AC, Valdez, AK, May 10, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2014, 09:35 local time
- Place: Valdez, AK
- Airport: Valdez Pioneer Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1342° N, 146.2448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VALDEZ PIONEER FLD (VDZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1342&lon=-146.2448&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82559, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82559) (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&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 20 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140510005859I

## Narrative

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

WINDSOCKS AT BOTH APPROACH ENDS (RUNWAY 6/24) SHOWED TAILWIND.  PILOTS  OBSERVED LANDING AFTER INCIDENT CHOSE TO LAND 1/2 TO 3/4 DOWN THE RUNWAY TO ENSURE HEADWIND.  INCIDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND NEAR APPROACH END AND ENCOUNTERED SIGNIFICANT TAILWIND.  PILOT LOST CONTROL DURING TAILWIND AND GUSTY CONDITIONS, RESULTING IN GROUND LOOP WHEN PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT BACK TO CENTERLINE.  LEFT WING SCRAPED ON GROUND AND LEFT LANDING GEAR  COLLAPSED.

THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING AN AVIATION EVENT AND UNOFFICIAL ADVISORIES AND INFORMATION WERE BEING GIVEN OVER THE CTAF FREQUENCY BY AIRSHOW PERSONS, INCLUDING PATTERN ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS, SEQUENCE AND LANDING CLEARANCE.  THIS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCIDENT AND PRESSURED THE PILOT TO LAND ON THE RUNWAY WITH TAILWIND INDICATED.  THE PIC SAID THAT FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT ANOTHER PILOT TOLD THE "ADVISORY CONTROL TOWER" THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO LAND ON THE RUNWAY DEEMED "ACTIVE" BY THE "ADVISORY CONTROL TOWER" DUE TO THE WINDS.

## Other reports on N82559 (2)

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

- [Accident 20010729040049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010729040049A), Jul 29, 2001: Bbavia 7AC (N82559), Skwentna, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 29, at about 1945 hours Alaska standard time, an Aeronca 7AC airplane, N82559, received minor damage during a landing at the Skwentna Airport,…
- [Accident 19760905026879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760905026879A), Sep 5, 1976: Blanca 7AC (N82559), Kenai, AK, Substantial damage. Acft groundlooped 90DEG to rwy,pwr was applied to clear ditch but l gear caught side.

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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