# Accident 20200822013149A: Aeronca 11AC, Nebo, NC, August 22, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2020, 17:35 local time
- Place: Nebo, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6636° N, 81.8881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6636&lon=-81.8881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86002, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86002-2023-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11AC (registry code 0191102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 11AC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,250 total, 4 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA295) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200822013149A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS FERRYING THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE NEW OWNER WHO HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE TRIP WAS PLANNED FOR TWO DAYS STARTING FROM KLHZ (LOUISBURG, NC) TO KAPT (JASPER, TN) FOR THE NIGHT BEFORE CONTINUING TO KGLY (CLINTON, MO).

AFTER DEPARTING KLHZ, PILOT MADE A FUEL STOP AT KSVH (STATESVILLE, NC).   AFTER TAKING ON 18 GALLONS OF 100LL AVGAS, PILOT RESUMED THE FLIGHT.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT, APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTING KSVH, THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGHLY/SURGING.  PILOT DECIDED TO TURN AROUND AND HEAD TO KMRN (MORGANTON, NC).  AFTER MAKING HIS TURN ON COURSE TO KMRN, THE ENGINE LOST ALMOST ALL POWER AND SEEING THAT INTERSTATE I-40 WAS NEARLY BELOW HIM, THE PILOT MADE THE DECISION TO EXECUTE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE INTERSTATE.  THE PILOT MANEUVERED TO LAND BETWEEN AUTOMOBILES, BUT DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF ROOM AVAILABLE AND POSSIBLE TURBULENCE COMING FROM THE AUTOMOBILES, PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, SLID OFF THE INTERSTATE, AND STRUCK A GUARDRAIL.  PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNHARMED FROM THE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AIRPLANE.

THE PILOT WAS PROPERLY CERTIFICATED AND RATED FOR THE OPERATION AND HAD A CURRENT MEDICAL AND FLIGHT REVIEW.

THE AIRCRAFT HAD A CURRENT ANNUAL INSPECTION.

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SAS ACTIVITY EA68202003511

## 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 ERA20LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA295), Aug 22, 2020: Aeronca 11AC (N86002), Nebo, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A leak in the main fuel tank that resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

## Other reports on N86002 (1)

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

- [Incident 20120825021109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120825021109I), Aug 25, 2012: Aeronca 11AC (N86002), Nashville, TN, Minor damage. Upon landing, aircraft ground-looped and contacted PAPI lights causing minor damage to right horizontal stablilizer.

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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