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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aeronca 7AC · Kodiak, AK · June 5, 2021

Date: June 5, 2021 · 14:30 local
Place: Kodiak, AK
Airport: Kodiak
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2408E
Reported as: Aeronca 7AC
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 300 total

N2408ERegistered now · Aeronca 7ACS/N 7AC-5987 · Built 1946 Airframe modelAeronca 7AC Engine modelContinental A&C75 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.

Aircraft flew from homer to Kodiak. At time of departure, winds were nominal. Upon arrival at Kodiak, winds were 16 KTS, gusting to 29 from westerly direction.

Aircraft landed on rwy 29 with crosswind, touched down and was rolling out on all three wheels.

Large wind gust struck aircraft and tipped it to one side, causing one wingtip to strike ground momentarily.

Aircraft taxied to parking unaided.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT FLEW FROM HOMER TO KODIAK. AT TIME OF DEPARTURE, WINDS WERE NOMINAL. UPON ARRIVAL AT KODIAK, WINDS WERE 16 KTS, GUSTING TO 29 FROM WESTERLY DIRECTION.

AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RWY 29 WITH CROSSWIND, TOUCHED DOWN AND WAS ROLLING OUT ON ALL THREE WHEELS.

LARGE WIND GUST STRUCK AIRCRAFT AND TIPPED IT TO ONE SIDE, CAUSING ONE WINGTIP TO STRIKE GROUND MOMENTARILY.

AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO PARKING UNAIDED.