# Accident 20140708010639A: Aeronca 7BCM, Palmer, AK, July 8, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2014, 19:50 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Airport: Sky Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5544° N, 149.1336° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5544&lon=-149.1336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68593, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68593) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7BCM (registry code 2110106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7bcm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7BCM
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC14LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14LA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140708010639A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT TOOK A DUAL CROSS COUNTRY IN AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO ACCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT LEFT AK50 (SKYRANCH) WITH 19 GALLONS OF FUEL THAT  WAS TAKEN FROM THEIR 500 GALLON STORAGE TANK AT AK50.  STUDENT PILOT FILLED THE LEFT WING AND THE CENTER TANK WITH 19 GALLONS, THEN WENT TO PALMER AND PICKED UP AN INSTRUCTOR, UPON WHICH THEY WENT TO TALKEETNA AND BACK, FOR A FLIGHT DURATION OF 1.8 HOURS.  THE INSTRUCTOR WAS DROPPED OFF.  ACCIDENT PIC CALLED STUDENT PILOT WHO SAID HE HAD ALREADY DRAINED THE WINGS AND HAD JUST UNDER A HALF TANK IN THE CENTER.  STUDENT PILOT  FLEW FROM PALMER TO BIRCHWOOD AND PICKED UP ACCIDENT PIC.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NEVER SHUT OFF, PIC JUST HOPPED IN.  THEY FLEW BACK TO AK50 FOR A TOTAL FLIGHT TIME OF 0.6.  THE ESTIMATED TOTAL FLIGHT TIME ON 19 GALLONS WAS 2.5 HOURS.  THEY LEFT BIRCHWOOD FLYING AT APPROX. 1500 FT. AGL.  THE ENGINE STUMBLED AND QUIT OVER THE PALMER HAY FLATS.  WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT CARB HEAT WAS APPLIED AND NO DIFFERENCE WAS NOTED.   PIC POINTED THE AIRCRAFT NOSE DOWN.  THE AIRMAN WERE ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AS THEY CONTINUED TO FLY TO AK50.   THE ENGINE QUITE AGAIN APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES FROM AK50.  PIC ELECTED TO RUN STRAIGHT IN ON RUNWAY 24 WITH A 8-10 MPH TAIL WIND.  HE PUT THE AIRCRAFT INTO A SLIP AND RECOVERED OVER AK50.  HE REALIZED HE WAS TO0 FAST; RATHER THAN LAND TOO FAST AND POTENTIALLY FLIP HE DECIDED TO CONTINUE ON INTO THE TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  PIC WAS IN THE BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC14LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14LA052), Jul 9, 2014: Aeronca 7BCM (N68593), Palmer, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to ensure adequate fuel was onboard to complete the flight, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the…

## Other reports on N68593 (1)

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

- [Incident 20110929023249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110929023249I), Sep 29, 2011: Aeronca 7BCM (N68593), Scappoose, OR, Minor damage. Aircraft nosed over while taxiing resulting in prop strike.

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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