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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aeronca 7AC · Elyria, OH · November 3, 2020

Date: November 3, 2020 · 14:00 local
Place: Elyria, OH
Airport: Elyria Airport
Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N82787
Reported as: Aeronca 7AC
Reported engine: Continental A&C65 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot

N82787Registered now · Aeronca 7ACS/N 7AC-1434 · Built 1946 Airframe modelAeronca 7AC Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot had just fuel the aircraft with chocks in place. The pilot was outside the aircraft at the right side of the propeller hand starting the aircraft. Upon engine start the aircraft surpassed the chocks knocking the pilot around causing minor injuries. The aircraft then traveled a few yards away colliding with a fuel pump and barricade, causing damage to the right wing tip. There was no fuel pump damage that caused leakage. The FAA iic inspector made contact with assigned NTSB inspector and was notified that this event did not qualify as an accident (no passengers onboard the aircraft). This event was downgraded to an incident.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAD JUST FUEL THE AIRCRAFT WITH CHOCKS IN PLACE. THE PILOT WAS OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PROPELLER HAND STARTING THE AIRCRAFT. UPON ENGINE START THE AIRCRAFT SURPASSED THE CHOCKS KNOCKING THE PILOT AROUND CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TRAVELED A FEW YARDS AWAY COLLIDING WITH A FUEL PUMP AND BARRICADE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP. THERE WAS NO FUEL PUMP DAMAGE THAT CAUSED LEAKAGE. THE FAA IIC INSPECTOR MADE CONTACT WITH ASSIGNED NTSB INSPECTOR AND WAS NOTIFIED THAT THIS EVENT DID NOT QUALIFY AS AN ACCIDENT (NO PASSENGERS ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT). THIS EVENT WAS DOWNGRADED TO AN INCIDENT.