# Incident 20210120000619I: Aeronca 7AC, Boyds, WA, January 20, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2021, 13:30 local time
- Place: Boyds, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7244° N, 118.1321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boyds, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7244&lon=-118.1321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82278, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82278) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,806 total, 90 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210120000619I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER LINE IN FLIGHT WITH BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEELS. POWER LINE BROKE LOOSE FROM POLES AND REMAINED ATTACHED TO AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO REMAIN ALOFT UNTIL INTENDED LANDING. SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT FAIRINGS AND FABRIC.

## Other reports on N82278 (1)

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

- [Incident 20200419004179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200419004179I), Apr 19, 2020: Aeronca 7AC (N82278), Mulino, OR, Minor damage. While outside the aircraft, the aircraft owner rotated the propeller by hand in the opposite direction of normal rotation in an attempt to clear a perceived…

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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