# Accident 20201005020789A: Aeronca 7AC, Salida, CO, October 5, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2020, 14:10 local time
- Place: Salida, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5383° N, 106.0486° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5383&lon=-106.0486&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3370E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3370E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,026 total, 13 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201005020789A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 5, 2020, AT 1410Z N3370E AN AERONCA 7AC VEERED OFF RWY 24 STRIKING THE SEGMENTED CIRCLE, THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. BOTH PERSONS ON BOARD REVIVED NO INJURIES, THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VMC.

## 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 CEN21LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA006), Oct 5, 2020: Aeronca 7AC (N3370E), Salida, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s loss of directional control during takeoff and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a steel object.

## Other reports on N3370E (5)

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

- [Incident 20160111000499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160111000499I), Jan 11, 2016: Aeronca 7AC (N3370E), Fallbrook, CA, Substantial damage. During approach to runway 18, Fallbrook airpark, aircraft N3370E, model Aeronca 7AC, touched down 5 ft. short of actual hard surface runway. Main landing gear…
- [Incident 20111018024439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111018024439I), Oct 18, 2011: Aeronca 7AC (N3370E), Roseburg, OR, Substantial damage. This report will be down graded from "incident" to "occurance" as there was no intention for flight. Maintenance ground run. Owner was adjusting carburator.…
- [Accident 20090509009259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090509009259A), May 9, 2009: Bbavia 7AC (N3370E), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. (-23) PIC was executing a touch and go to runway 27L at Brown field airport, San Diego, CA in a tailwheel Aeronca champ. On touchdown, with a crosswind,…
- [Incident 20020817025179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020817025179I), Aug 17, 2002: Bbavia 7AC (N3370E), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. (-23) After discussing this incident with airman erb and also reading the letter from his flight instructor, this office feels that no enforcement or…
- [Incident 19780722038721I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780722038721I), Jul 22, 1978: Blanca 7AC (N3370E), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Pilot taxiing out with poor brakes used a little extra speed to cross runway. He struck N714VZ in runup position.

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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