# Incident 20140708014609I: Aeronca 7AC, New Kent, VA, July 8, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2014, 10:15 local time
- Place: New Kent, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5095° N, 76.9862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Kent, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5095&lon=-76.9862&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84083, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84083) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 20 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140708014609I

## Narrative

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

A HURRICANE HAD GONE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY EVENING, THIS WAS TUESDAY MORNING.  THE WINDS HAD BEEN VERY HIGH EVER SINCE.  (WINDS AT RIC REPORTING 240@11G17KT AT 0954,  220@12G18KT AT 1054.)  THE AIRCRAFT IS A LIGHT SPORT TAILDRAGGER.  JUST AFTER LANDING WIND FROM THE LEFT FRONT WEATHERVANED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE WIND, AND OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A DITCH WHERE THE RIGHT MAIN BECAME LODGED AND BROKE; THE PROP DUG ABOUT THREE STROKES THROUGH THE DIRT.  OTHERWISE THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED UNDAMAGED.  NO INJURIES.

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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