# Incident 20190417002959I: Aeronca 11BC, Geneva, OH, April 17, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2019, 10:15 local time
- Place: Geneva, OH
- Airport: Germack
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7772° N, 80.9038° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GERMACK (OI71), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7772&lon=-80.9038&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4061E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4061E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11BC (registry code 0191106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11bc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 11BC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 13,073 total, 1 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190417002959I

## Narrative

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

PILOT, WHOM IS ALSO AN A&P IA, WAS CONDUCTING A TEST FLIGHT FOLLOWING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION TO INCLUDE THREE MAJOR REPAIR AND ALTERATIONS BEFORE RETURNING AIRCRAFT TO OWNER.  PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED WELL WITH NO ABNORMALITIES HOWEVER UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFTS LEFT MAIN WHEEL APPEARED TO HAVE A LOCKED UP WITH A STUCK BRAKE. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT THEN CORRECTION WAS APPLIED.  THE AIRCRAFT CHANGED DIRECTION SWERVING TO THE RIGHT EVENTUALLY LEAVING THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED A SHORT DISTANCE, CROSSING A DITCH AND COMING TO REST UPON A BERM ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS A COLLAPSED RIGHT MAIN GEAR WITH A BROKEN STRUT AT WELD JOINT.  SMALL SCRAPES TO THE PAINT/ FABRIC ON THE LEFT WING, AND DAMAGE NOTED TO THE PROPELLER. IT APPEARS THE PROPELLER MAY HAVE STRUCK DIRT/GRAVEL WHEN AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE DITCH AND TOWED BACK TO THE HANGAR. THE BRAKES WERE NOT LOCKED AT THIS TIME AND APPEARED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY DURING INITIAL EXAM.

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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