# Incident 20180921019179I: Aeronca 15AC, Fenton, MI, September 21, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2018, 18:46 local time
- Place: Fenton, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8006° N, 83.7177° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fenton, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8006&lon=-83.7177&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1356H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1356H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 15AC (registry code 0191202, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-15ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 15AC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 250 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180921019179I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ITS HOME BASE LOCATED ON LAKE SHANNON FOR A SHORT SIGHT-SEEING TOUR. AFTER LANDING,THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXING TO THE WEST WHEN A GUST OF WIND FROM THE NORTHWEST LIFTED THE RIGHT WING AND ROLLED THE AIRCRAFT INVERTED IN THE WATER. THE PILOT AND SOLE PASSENGER EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURIES.

## Other reports on N1356H (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20141018018419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141018018419I), Oct 18, 2014: Aeronca 15AC (N1356H), Linden, MI, Minor damage. The rated pilot has water landed on lake lobdel numerous times with approaches from many different areas. After his decision to land into the wind to the…

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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