# NTSB SEA80DYE49: Aeronca 7AC, N3011E, Kent, WA, August 3, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 3, 1980
- Place: Kent, WA · KENT, WA
- Location: 47.3809° N, 122.2348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kent, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3809&lon=-122.2348&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 22, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 130373
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA80DYE49
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYE49

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0775   80/8/3    KENT,WA             AERONCA 7AC         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 91 TOTAL
        TIME - 1230                    N3011E              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CREST
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          KENT,WA                     LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        REMARKS- PARKED ACFT-AERONCA CHIEF,DEMOLISHED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3011E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3011E), registered now, S/N 7AC-6597, 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
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Crest

## 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 19800803033239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800803033239A), Aug 3, 1980: Bbavia 7AC, Kent, WA, Substantial damage. Lost directional control of tail wheel type airplane on landing roll. Hit parked airplane.

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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