# Incident 20170529006529I: Aeronca 65-TAC, Zelienople, PA, May 29, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2017, 11:20 local time
- Place: Zelienople, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7859° N, 80.1386° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Zelienople, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7859&lon=-80.1386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36857, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36857-2026-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 65-TAC (registry code 0190910, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-tac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 65-TAC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,640 total, 52 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170529006529I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED: DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 A GUST OF WIND FORCED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT OFF THE PAVED RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS A HELICOPTER THAT HE WAS HEADING TOWARDS AND ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND.  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND INDUCED A HARD LANDING ONTO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE TAIL PROCEEDED TO RISE UP INTO THE AIR, TURNED THE AIRCRAFT 180 AND DROPPED ON THE TAIL LANDING GEAR BEFORE COMING TO REST.

MARKINGS ON THE GROUND SHOWED AIRCRAFT HEADING THROUGH THE GRASS WAS APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY.  THERE WAS A SHORT AREA IN THE GRASS WITH NO TIRE WHEEL MARKING IMPRINT, THEN TIRE MARKING AND IMPACT MARKINGS FROM THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND ROTATING PROPELLER WHICH WERE APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 FEET IN AREA.

DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF PROPELLER BLADES BENT BACKWARDS, LOWER ENGINE COWLING DENT.  THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE AND TWISTED. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ATTACHING HARDWARE WERE SHEARED.

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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