# Accident 20160718011229A: Aeronca 7AC, Lenoir, NC, July 18, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2016, 08:30 local time
- Place: Lenoir, NC
- Airport: Lower Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9464° N, 81.4886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9464&lon=-81.4886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84690, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84690) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA383](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA383) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160718011229A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 18, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 0740 LOCAL TIME, AIRCRAFT N84690, AN AERONCA CHAMP, SER. NO.7AC-3402 AND REGISTERED TO THE LENOIR AVIATION CLUB, TOOK OFF FROM LOWER CREEK AIRPORT (NC27) LOCATED IN LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA. WEATHER CONDITION AT THE TIME WAS IFR DUE TO FOG. WHILE LANDING AT NC27, THE AIRCRAFT OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY, SLID OFF THE END THE WET GRASS RUNWAY, ACROSS A GRAVEL ROAD, IMPACTING A SMALL BERM AND STRUCK A HEDGE OF CYPRESS TREES WHERE IT CAME TO REST. THE EVENT WAS REPORTED TO THE CHARLOTTE FSDO BY THE PILOT. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE SCENE AND PLACED IN A HANGAR PRIOR TO THE PILOT NOTIFYING THE FAA. FAA INSPECTORS CONTACTED THE PILOT BY PHONE AND CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

AFTER DISCUSSING THE EVENT WITH AN OPERATIONS INSPECTOR, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE AIRMAN RECEIVE 5 HRS OF GROUND TRAINING, 3 HRS OF FLIGHT TRAINING TO INCLUDE HUMAN FACTORS, WEATHER AND REGULATIONS AS WELL AS A REPEAT OF HIS FLIGHT REVIEW.

## 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 GAA16CA383](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA383), Jul 18, 2016: Aeronca 7AC (N84690), Lenoir, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's encounter with instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an emergency descent through fog, a runway overrun on a wet grass runway, and a collision with a ditch and…

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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