- Date
- July 6, 2011, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greenland, NH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4375EAeronca 7DC
- Defining event
- Landing: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20110706015659A
- Case key
- 81019
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and subsequent loss of control during an attempted go-around maneuver.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that the airplane hit hard upon touchdown and bounced. The pilot tried to recover by applying full power and initiating a go-around but realized that the airplane was not climbing at a sufficient rate to clear power lines. As the pilot pulled back on the control stick to try to increase the rate of climb, the airplane stalled. The pilot pushed the controls forward to recover from the stall and maneuvered the airplane toward a swamp area to avoid impacting trees. The airplane landed hard in the swamp area beyond the extended runway centerline and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and left wing. A postaccident examination of the airplane did not reveal evidence of mechanical malfunctions which could have contributed to the accident.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that the airplane hit hard upon touchdown and bounced. The pilot tried to recover by applying full power and initiating a go-around but realized that the airplane was not climbing at a sufficient rate to clear a set of power lines. As the pilot pulled back on the control stick to try to increase the rate of climb, the airplane stalled. The pilot pushed the controls forward to recover from the stall and maneuvered the airplane toward a swamp area to avoid impacting a stand of trees. The airplane landed hard in the swamp area beyond the extended runway centerline, and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and left wing. A postaccident examination by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector did not reveal evidence of mechanical malfunctions which could have contributed to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4375E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7DC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7DC-35
- Airframe hours
- 2,159
- Engine
- Continental C85-8F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hampton Airfieild Inc
- Registered owner
- Hampton Airfieild Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 20, 2011
- Departed
- 7B3 · North Hampton, NH
- Destination
- 7B3 · North Hampton, NH
- Airport
- N/A · Sanderson's Field, runway 07, 2,500 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 13, 2011
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 5 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 255 in the last 90 days · 93 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Observed at
- PSM, 3 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 5, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 692 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.