# Accident 20220620010819A: Aeronca 7AC, Auburn, WA, June 20, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2022, 12:50 local time
- Place: Auburn, WA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3276° N, 122.2267° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUBURN MUNI (S50), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3276&lon=-122.2267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82579, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82579) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220620010819A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 21, 2022, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^CFI  WAS TRAINING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A PRIVATE PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (PIC), OF AERONCA CHAMP 7AC  WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AT AUBURN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (S50). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HAD BEEN RETAINED TO PROVIDE THE PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ADDITIONAL TRAINING TO REGAIN CONFIDENCE AFTER AN ABSENCE FROM FLYING.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OBSERVED THAT UPON ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIRD LANDING ATTEMPT, SHE LANDED WITH AN AIRSPEED OF 40 MPH WHICH IS SLOWER THAN THE DESIRED LANDING AIRSPEED OF 50 MPH, BUT ABOVE THE STALL SPEED OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH.

AFTER LANDING, THE PLANE SWERVED TO THE LEFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ VERBALLY INSTRUCTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^TO CENTER IT BACK DOWN THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN CONTINUED TO SWERVED HARDER TO THE LEFT AND STARTED A GROUND LOOP TO THE LEFT.  AT THIS TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THEY WERE PROBABLY ONLY DOING 20-30 MPH AT THIS TIME. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALSO INDICATED THAT IT WAS TOO LATE FOR HIM TO TAKE THE CONTROLS AND MAKE THE NECCESSARY CORRECTIVE ACTION.

THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE 2000 FOOT RUNWAY SIGN ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND SUBSEQUENTLY GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT WHICH CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGED TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURY WAS REPORTED.

AMENDED THIS ATQA REPORT TO RELECT THE CORRECTED:

- DATE OF INITIAL NOTIFICATION AND ACTUAL DATE OF EVENT

- RUNWAY INFORMATION

- NTSB ID NUMBER

- THE PIC OF THE FLIGHT

AMENDED DATE 10/24/2022

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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