# Incident 20141018018419I: Aeronca 15AC, Linden, MI, October 18, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2014, 14:00 local time
- Place: Linden, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8192° N, 83.7812° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Linden, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8192&lon=-83.7812&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1356H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1356H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 15AC (registry code 0191202, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-15ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 15AC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 125 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141018018419I

## Narrative

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

THE RATED PILOT HAS WATER LANDED ON LAKE LOBDEL NUMEROUS TIMES WITH APPROACHES FROM MANY DIFFERENT AREAS.  AFTER HIS DECISION TO LAND INTO THE WIND TO THE NORTHWEST, HE CIRCLED THE AREA TO LOOK FOR OBSTRUCTIONS AND THEN SET UP FOR HIS LANDING.  ON SHORT FINAL, HE OBSERVED A POWER LINE STRETCHING ACROSS HIS PATH.  HE MADE A QUICK CORRECTION AND AS HE PASSED BELOW, THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE LINE.  HE FELT A BRIEF YAW TO THE LEFT AND THE AIRCRAFT STRAIGHTENED WITHOUT ADVERSE CONDITIONS.  THE PILOT THEN CONDUCTED A GO AROUND, ASSESSED THE DAMAGE AND FLIGHT CONDITIONS.  HE NOTICED THE LEFT WING TIP WAS DEFORMED BUT THE AIRCRAFT FLEW UNINHIBITED.  HE THEN SET UP FOR ANOTHER APPROACH ON A DIFFERENT LOCATION OF THE LAKE AND LANDED WITHOUT ISSUES.

## Other reports on N1356H (1)

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

- [Incident 20180921019179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180921019179I), Sep 21, 2018: Aeronca 15AC (N1356H), Fenton, MI, Minor damage. Aircraft departed its home base located on lake shannon for a short sight-seeing tour. After landing,the aircraft was taxing to the west when a gust of wind…

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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