20171213023039I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aeronca 15AC · Chico, CA · December 13, 2017

Date
December 13, 2017 · 14:36 local
Place
Chico, CA
Airport
Chico Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N1384H
Reported as
Aeronca 15AC
Reported engine
Continental C145 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,800 total15 in this make and model80 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.

N1384H, aronca was cleared for takeoff on runway 31R. The aircrfat started departure, pilot decided to abort takeoff due to potential insufficient engine performance. Pilot lost control and ran off runway approxiamately 1000' down runway and stopped in the grass.

As the FAA filed it

N1384H, ARONCA WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 31R. THE AIRCRFAT STARTED DEPARTURE, PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT TAKEOFF DUE TO POTENTIAL INSUFFICIENT ENGINE PERFORMANCE. PILOT LOST CONTROL AND RAN OFF RUNWAY APPROXIAMATELY 1000' DOWN RUNWAY AND STOPPED IN THE GRASS.