# NTSB DEN07CA099: Aeronca 7AC, N83365, Erie, CO, June 9, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 8, 2007, 19:00 local (Jun 9, 2007, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Erie, CO
- Coordinates: 40.000831, -105.034721
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0008&lon=-105.0347&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 25, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA Flight Standards District Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 65966
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN07CA099
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65966/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07CA099

## Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to maintain direction control during the landing roll.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ground

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83365-2023-06-08), registration cancelled 2023-06-08, S/N 7AC-2032, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Aeronca 7AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (registry code 2110102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7AC-2032
- Airframe hours: 3994
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 57; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20070608011749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070608011749A), Jun 8, 2007: Bbavia 7AC, Erie, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot stated he was practicing touch and go landings to runway 33 (4,700 feet by 60 feet, concrete). The pilot stated that during the landing roll,…

## Other investigations on N83365 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN21LA338](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA338), Jul 23, 2021: Aeronca 7AC (N83365), Harrah, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to fly the airplane without a carburetor heat control in atmospheric conditions conducive to the development of serious carburetor icing, which resulted in a partial loss of…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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