- Date
- July 29, 2001, 19:30 local (Jul 30, 2001, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Skwentna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82559Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20010729040049A
- Case key
- 53208
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive use of brakes during the landing roll.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The certificated commerical pilot reported that he had been practicing stop-and-go landings. During the second landing roll the pilot applied the brakes to come to a stop, and the airplane nosed over. The pilot reported that the airplane had just recently been modified with new, double puck hydraulic brakes, and that he just was not aware of how well they worked. The pilot reported there were no preaccident mechanical problems with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On July 29, 2001, about 1930 Alaska daylight time, a wheel-equipped Aeronca 7AC airplane, N82559, received substantial damage while landing at the Skwentna Airport, Skwentna, Alaska. The solo certificated commercial pilot was not injured. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated at the Merrill Field Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, about 1845.
During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge on July 30, the pilot reported that he had been practicing stop-and-go landings. He landed on runway 9 which has a gravel surface, and is 3,400 feet long. The pilot said he applied the brakes to come to a stop, and the airplane nosed over. He added that the airplane had just recently been modified with new, double puck hydraulic brakes, and that he just was not aware of how well they worked. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing lift strut, and vertical stabilizer.
The pilot reported there were no preaccident mechanical problems with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82559
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-1196
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edwin L Apperson
- Registered owner
- Chad Carpenter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MRI · Merrill Field, AK
- Destination
- SKW · Skwentna, AK
- Airport
- SKW · Skwentna, runway 09, 3,400 × 75 ft, gravel
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 71
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 7,000 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N82559 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.