# Accident 20250902015129A: Aeronca 7AC, Firebaugh, CA, September 2, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2025, 02:29 local time
- Place: Firebaugh, CA
- Airport: Firebaugh
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8600° N, 120.4645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FIREBAUGH (F34), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8600&lon=-120.4645&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82003, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82003) (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: 1,180 total, 25 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250902015129A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2025, THE PILOT OF THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 110 FEET ACROSS A DIRT FIELD, IN A RIGHT TURN, AND IMPACTED A CHAIN LINK FENCE.  THE FENCE WAS DAMAGED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED.

VIDEO PROVIDED BY LOCAL POLICE SHOWS THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT LOSING CONTROL DURING LANDING (GROUND LOOP) AND HITTING A CHAIN LINK FENCE APPROXIMATELY 110 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.

THE PILOT PROVED A STATEMENT AFTER COMPLETING PILOT DEVIATION ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS COURSE THAT HE FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTION CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN A RUNWAY EXCURSION AND A COLLISION WITH A FENCE.

## 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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