- Date
- June 8, 2007, 19:00 local (Jun 9, 2007, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Erie, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N83365Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20070608011749A
- Case key
- 65966
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain direction control during the landing roll.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the student pilot he was practicing touch and go landings on runway 33. The student pilot stated that during the landing roll, the airplane got "squirrelly." The airplane departed the right side of the runway and nosed down in an adjacent ditch, resulting in substantial damage. An examination of the airplane's system revealed no anomalies.
Factual narrative
According to the Pilot Aircraft Accident Report Form, submitted by the student pilot, he was practicing touch and go landings on runway 33 (4,700 feet by 60 feet, concrete). The student pilot stated that during the landing roll, the airplane got "squirrelly." The airplane departed the right side of the runway and nosed down in an adjacent ditch. The propeller was bent, and the left wing tip extension and spar were broken. The student pilot reported no problems with the airplane. An examination of the airplane's system, conducted by the FAA, revealed no anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83365
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-2032
- Airframe hours
- 3,994
- Engine
- Teledyne Continental A C 65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 2007
- Departed
- EIK · Erie, CO
- Destination
- EIK · Erie, CO
- Airport
- EIK · Erie Municipal Airport, runway 33, 4,700 × 60 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 22 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 8 nm away
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 N83365 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.