# Accident 20191010020709A: Aeronca 7AC, Waynesburg, PA, October 10, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2019, 09:00 local time
- Place: Waynesburg, PA
- Airport: Greene County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9011° N, 80.1306° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9011&lon=-80.1306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2343E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2343E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA20CA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191010020709A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION ON RUNWAY LANDING. THIS WAS HIS SECOND. PRIOR LANDINGS WERE ON GRASS. UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TURNING TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL AND BECAME LODGED BETWEEN THE PEDAL AND FUSELAGE. THE INSTRUCTOR (2ND PILOT) WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE PEDAL DUE TO THE PILOTS FOOT BEING STUCK. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS WHERE IT ENCOUNTERED A DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A PROPELLER STRIKE CAUSING DAMAGE. BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR WERE FOLDED AFT. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FORWARD MOUNTING BRACKET WAS BROKEN CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- NONE: no report for this aircraft in the release

## 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 GAA20CA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA009), Oct 10, 2019: Aeronca 7AC (N2343E), Waynesburg, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll due to his foot slipping off the right pedal and becoming stuck between the pedal and fuselage frame, which…

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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