Plane Crash List

Aeronca 7AC N83365

9 June 2007 · Erie, Colorado, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 9 June 2007 at about 01:00 local time, a Aeronca 7AC registered N83365 was involved in an accident near Erie, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 01:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Erie, Colorado, United States
Nearest airport
Erie Municipal Airport (EIK)
Coordinates
40.0008, -105.0347
Aircraft
Aeronca 7AC
Registration
N83365
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Erie → Erie
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN07CA099

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

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

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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