# Accident 20220304022439A: Aeronca 7CCM, Winnsboro, LA, March 4, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2022, 10:00 local time
- Place: Winnsboro, LA
- Airport: Winnsboro Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1552° N, 91.7001° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1552&lon=-91.7001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555EK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555EK-2023-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7CCM (registry code 2110110, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ccm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7CCM
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 24,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220304022439A

## Narrative

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

A CFI PILOT WAS GIVING INSTRUCTION ON THIS AIRCRAFT TO THE AIRCRAFT OWNER. THEY HAD BEEN DOING TOUCH AND GOES FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. WHEN THEY WERE THROUGH A SECOND PILOT WANTED SOME INSTRUCTION AND CHECK OUT IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL AIRCRAFT.

THE CFI SAID THEY TAXIED UP AND DOWN THE RUNWAY SEVERAL TIMES SO THE PILOT COULD GET USED TO THE BRAKING SYSTEM THAT WAS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HE WAS USED TO. AFTER HE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH THE AIRCRAFT THEY TAXIED TO THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY AND TOOK OFF TO THE SOUTH. THE AIRCRAFT CAME UP TO POWER NORMAL AND WHEN THE TAILWHEEL CAME UP THE AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED VEERING TO THE RIGHT. THE CFI PILOT TRIED TO CORRECT IT BY INDUCING LEFT RUDDER BUT HE COULD NOT MOVE IT. HE BELIEVED THE SECOND PILOT HAD RIGHT RUDDER INDUCED AND HE COULD NOT OVERRIDE HIM. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME DOWN TO THE GROWND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN22LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA139), Mar 4, 2022: Aeronca 7CCM (N555EK), Winnsboro, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control during takeoff and subsequent impact with trees and terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of experience in the accident airplane.

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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