# Incident 20140705012329I: Aeronca 11AC, Alfred, NY, July 5, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2014, 14:00 local time
- Place: Alfred, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2543° N, 77.7896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alfred, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2543&lon=-77.7896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86310, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N86310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11AC (registry code 0191102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 11AC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 80 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140705012329I

## Narrative

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

REPORTED FROM THE FAA FORM 8020-0 : TIM O'GRADY OF THE ALFRED POLICE DEPARTMENT  CALLED TO REPORT AN AIRCRAFT IN THE FIELD, N86310 AERONCA. IT WAS REPORTED TO THEM SUNDAY 7/6/2104 AT 1200 LOCAL 1600Z. UPON INVESTIGATION THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED BY LOCALS AS BEING FIRST OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 1600Z 7/5/2014. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS OR PILOT OBSERVED IN THE AIRCRAFT OR VICINITY ON SUNDAY. THE GEAR WAS OBSERVED COLLAPSED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT.

DURING FAA INSPECTOR KUC INVESTINGATION IT WAS DETERMINED ON JULY 5, 2014 , AT 1400, N86310 DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE OPERATOR REPORTED THE ENGINE FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A LANDING IN AN OPENING JUST SOUTH/WEST OF ALFRED , NY. THE OPERATOR HAD STATED THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND INCLUDED ONE PASSENGER. HE STATED HE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT BECAUSE HE HAD REVIEWED THE NTSB RULE AND IT DID NOT FALL WITHIN THE ACCIDENT DEFINITION.

THIS INSPECTOR WENT TO THE AIRCRAFT BUT BY THE TIME OF MY ARRIVAL THE AIRCRAFT  FUSELAGE WAS ALREADY ON THE FLAT BED OF A TRUCK AND THE WINGS REMOVED. PICURES WHERE TAKEN AND DAMAGE APPEARED TO BE CONSISTANT WITH A STOPPED ENGINE. THE PROPELLER SUBSTAINED NO DAMAGE AND THE ENGINE APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION. THE AIRCRAFT FRONT GEAR WERE DAMAGED AND BENT.

THE PILOT ^(DALE TUBBS)^ REPORTED THE AUX TANK WAS SELECTED AND 4 TO 6 INCHES REMAINED IN THE TANK. DALE REPORTED STICKING THE TANK . THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO COSTA FLYING SERVICE, A LOCAL MAINTENANCE FACILITY AT PAINTED POST.

AWAITING FINAL DETERMINATION BY MAINTENANCE PROVIDER.

## Other reports on N86310 (1)

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

- [Incident 20150417006249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150417006249I), Apr 17, 2015: Aeronca 11AC (N86310), Wellsboro, PA, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Landed on rwy 28 at kelz. While on landing rollout was blown off of rwy 28 to the south into the grass. As [privacy data omitted] was…

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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