# Accident 20161108024639A: Aeronca L-3B, Fitchburg, MA, November 8, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2016, 11:10 local time
- Place: Fitchburg, MA
- Airport: Fitchburg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5539° N, 71.7592° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5539&lon=-71.7592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46893 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA L-3B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,854 total, 8 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161108024639A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/7/16   N46893, AN L-3 WAS  LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 AT FITCHBURG AIRPORT.

AS STATED BY THE PILOT:  ON LANDING ROLL THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OF CENTERLINE.    THE PILOT OVERCORRECTED TO THE RIGHT,  CROSSING THE  CENTERLINE AGAIN,  AND  STRUCK  A LANDING LIGHT, STOPPING THE AIRCRAFT.   THE SUDDEN STOP   BROKE THE LEFT LANDING GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN CAME TO REST ON IT'S LEFT WINGTIP, AND ELEVATOR.

PILOT AND PASSENGER EGRESS WITHOUT INJURY.

## 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 GAA17CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA062), Nov 8, 2016: Aeronca L 3B (N46893), Fitchburg, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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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