# Incident 20240105000609I: Aeronca 7AC, Maybee, MI, January 5, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2024, 16:01 local time
- Place: Maybee, MI
- Airport: Private Airstrip
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0124° N, 83.5066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maybee, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0124&lon=-83.5066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83426, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83426) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90-8F (registry code 17181, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-8f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90-8F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 347 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240105000609I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET LONG. THE PILOT STATED THAT ON APPROACH, HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS TOO HIGH AND DECIDED TO INITIATE A GO AROUND. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER, THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET FROM THE END OF THE STRIP. THE AIRCRAFT WENT THROUGH A DITCH THAT COLLAPSED THE RIGHT GEAR AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED UPRIGHT APPROXIMATELY 15 FT PAST THE DITCH. DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND GROUND SCARING INDICATE THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING WHEN IT HIT THE GROUND.

AN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE FOUND NO ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE, FUEL SYSTEM OR CARBURETOR HEAT.

## Other reports on N83426 (2)

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

- [Incident 19930129004069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930129004069I), Jan 29, 1993: Bbavia 7CCM (N83426), Bucksport, ME, Minor damage. On landing rollout aircraft veered left and struck a snowbank. Found tail wheel spring had broke.
- [Incident 19850719049329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850719049329I), Jul 19, 1985: Bbavia 7CCM (N83426), Old Town, ME, Minor damage. Landed short of runway and lost control of aircraft.

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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