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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Aeronca 11AC · Vinton, IA · May 19, 2016

Date
May 19, 2016 · 15:00 local
Place
Vinton, IA
Airport
Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpa
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N85871
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA16CA257
Reported as
Aeronca 11AC
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
610 total69 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot lost control during a crosswind landing and departed the right side of the runway and ground looped causing damage to the left wing spar.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST CONTROL DURING A CROSSWIND LANDING AND DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND GROUND LOOPED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING SPAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.