# Incident 20200926017269I: Aeronca 11CC, Central, SC, September 26, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2020, 17:40 local time
- Place: Central, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7142° N, 82.7675° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Central, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7142&lon=-82.7675&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4388E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4388E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11CC (registry code 0191110, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11cc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 11CC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200926017269I

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION OF EVENT (-9): CENTRAL, SC: N4388E, AERONCA, EXPERIENCED INSUFFICIENT ENGINE POWER AND PERFORMED A LANDING AT 1019 BISHOPS BRANCH ROAD. AIRCRAFT'S TAIL STRUCK A MAILBOX DURING THE LANDING. POB: 2, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: EXTENT UNKNOWN. 09/26/2020 2140Z

PILOT STATEMENT: ON SEPTEMBER 26 AT APPROXIMATELY 18:00, MY AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED HAVING A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER.  I WAS TOO FAR FROM AN AIRPORT FOR A SAFE RETURN.  I CIRCLED A REMOTE ROAD TWICE PLANNING ON HOW I WOULD ACCOMPLISH AN OFF FIELD LANDING WITH PARTIAL POWER.  I EXECUTED A SAFE LANDING ON BISHOPS BRANCH ROAD, CENTRAL, S.C.  29630. ON ROLLOUT, THE LEFT FORWARD STRUT CAME IN TO CONTACT WITH A MAILBOX THAT DENTED THE STRUT AND LEFT A SLIGHT DENT IN THE WRAP AROUND COWLING.  I THEN TAXIIED UP THE DRIVEWAY AND PARKED IN THE GRASS TO TIE DOWN THE AIRCRAFT.  I RETURNED THE NEXT DAY AND DISASSEMBLED THE AIRCRAFT AND RETURNED IT TO ITS HANGAR AT SC86.

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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