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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aeronca 11AC · Marietta, TX · August 19, 2018

Date: August 19, 2018 · 09:30 local
Place: Marietta, TX
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9206E
Reported as: Aeronca 11AC
Reported engine: Cont Mot A-65
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,820 total108 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N9206ERegistration cancelled Jun 12, 2019 · Aeronca 11ACS/N 11AC840 Airframe modelAeronca 11AC

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot attempted to land the aircraft in a field and while descending below the tree line that surrounds the field, the aircraft began to experience an excessive sink rate. The aircraft touched down in the field, bounced into the air, and continued down the field for approximately 570 feet and stalled with the right wing impacting the ground causing the aircraft to rotate 180 degrees. The left and right main landing gear impacted the ground and were folded back against the fuselage. The aircraft continued to slide on its belly for approximately 80 feet and came to rest at a tree line on the south side of the property facing north.

The aircraft sustained minor damage to the following areas: propeller, right wing tip, trailing edge of the right aileron, tail wheel, lower rudder, and left elevator. The pilot was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD AND WHILE DESCENDING BELOW THE TREE LINE THAT SURROUNDS THE FIELD, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE AN EXCESSIVE SINK RATE. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE FIELD, BOUNCED INTO THE AIR, AND CONTINUED DOWN THE FIELD FOR APPROXIMATELY 570 FEET AND STALLED WITH THE RIGHT WING IMPACTING THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO ROTATE 180 DEGREES. THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR IMPACTED THE GROUND AND WERE FOLDED BACK AGAINST THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE ON ITS BELLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET AND CAME TO REST AT A TREE LINE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY FACING NORTH.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FOLLOWING AREAS: PROPELLER, RIGHT WING TIP, TRAILING EDGE OF THE RIGHT AILERON, TAIL WHEEL, LOWER RUDDER, AND LEFT ELEVATOR. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.