# Incident 20180819015969I: Aeronca 11AC, Marietta, TX, August 19, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2018, 09:30 local time
- Place: Marietta, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1735° N, 94.5425° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marietta, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1735&lon=-94.5425&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9206E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9206E-2019-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11AC (registry code 0191102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 11AC
- Reported engine: CONT MOT A-65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,820 total, 108 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180819015969I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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