# Incident 20161110023479I: Aeronca 7AC, Forest, VA, November 10, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2016, 12:00 local time
- Place: Forest, VA
- Airport: New London
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2717° N, 79.3359° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW LONDON (W90), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2717&lon=-79.3359&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82752, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82752) (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: 4,500 total, 25 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/20161110023479I

## Narrative

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

LOSS OF CONTROL IN A TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT.  NEW STUDENT WAS USED TO GLIDERS AND APPLIED THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THE NEEDED CONTROL (APPLIED STICK FORWARD (BRAKING ACTION IN GLIDERS) WHEN STICK REAR WAS REQUIRED TO PUT WEIGHT ON THE TAILWHEEL.  A GUST OF WIND WEATHERVANED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY.  INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL AND LIKELY PREVENTED A MUCH WORSE ACCIDENT.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK A GUARD RAIL AT A MINOR ANGLE, GOING MAYBE 15-20 MPH.

## Other reports on N82752 (1)

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

- [Incident 19950624021579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950624021579I), Jun 24, 1995: Bbavia 7AC (N82752), Mcconnelsville, OH, Minor damage. Started engine by hand propping. 7AC ran into parked 172. Passenger in rear seat unfamiliar with heel brakes.

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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