# Accident 20180707009299A: Aeronca 7CCM, Palmer, AK, July 7, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2018, 09:30 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Airport: Friday Creek Strip
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5669° N, 148.5503° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5669&lon=-148.5503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81768, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81768-2021-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7CCM (registry code 2110110, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ccm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7CCM
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 103 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA398](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA398) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180707009299A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED BUTTE STRIP APPROXIMATELY 0830 ON 7 JULY AND FLEW TO FRIDAY CREEK STRIP.  PILOT STATES HE MADE FIVE PASSES OVER THE STRIP BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO LAND. PILOT FURTHER STATES THAT HE KNEW HIS LANDING SPEED WAS FASTER THAN WARRANTED, BUT FELT HE COULD SALVAGE THE LANDING.  UPON TOUCHING DOWN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THE PILOT APPLIED POWER ATTEMPTING TO GO AROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BUMP BEFORE FULL ROTATION AND, ALTHOUGH BECOMING AIRBORNE, THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE THE ALTITUDE REQUIRED TO CLEAR THE ALDER THICKETS AT THE END OF RUNWAY.  THE PROPELLER CONTACTED SEVERAL ALDER BRANCHES AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND.  PILOT PULLED POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT, HOWEVER WAS UNABLE TO DO SO BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT WENT OVER A SMALL EMBANKMENT STRIKING ITS NOSE ON THE GROUND AND FLIPPING OVER ONTO ITS BACK.

## 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 GAA18CA398](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA398), Jul 7, 2018: Aeronca 7CCM (N81768), Palmer, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing, an attempted go-around, and a subsequent nose-over.

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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