# Incident 20140628013539I: Aeronca 7AC, Whitefield, NH, June 28, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2014, 11:45 local time
- Place: Whitefield, NH
- Airport: Mount Washington Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3676° N, 71.5458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNT WASHINGTON RGNL (HIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3676&lon=-71.5458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84281, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84281) (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 C85-8F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140628013539I

## Narrative

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

AT 11:45AM ON SATURDAY, JUNE, 28TH SAID AIRCRAFT, LANDING ON RUNWAY 28, TOUCHED DOWN AND DUE TO OVERUSE OF THE RUDDER WENT INTO THE TALL GRASS (HAY) ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

A/C TOOK A CURVING PATH APX. 80 DEGREES CLOCKWISE.  UPON REACHING AN APX. 4 FOOT DROP OFF TO WET LAND, IT DROPPED.  TAIL WENT UP, TAIL CAME BACK DOWN.

NO INJURY, EXCEPT TO PRIDE OF 74 YEAR OLD 13,000 HOUR PAC ( PILOT AT CONTROLS ).

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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