Aeronca 7CCM N2053E

Summary

On 11 December 2010 at about 13:00 local time, a Aeronca 7CCM registered N2053E, operated by Rochester Aviation, was involved in an accident near Rochester, New Hampshire, United States. 2 people were 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.

Date

11 December 2010 at 13:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Rochester, New Hampshire, United States

Nearest airport

Skyhaven Airport (DAW)

Coordinates

43.2839, -70.9292

Aircraft

Aeronca 7CCM

Registration

N2053E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Rochester Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rochester → Rochester

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA11LA084

Nobody was injured.

The out-of-rig condition of the tailwheel lock, which resulted in a loss of directional control on landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the first three landings, with the student pilot at the controls, the airplane veered to the left upon touchdown. On the fourth landing, the airplane veered left again, and then the tailwheel momentarily lifted off the runway. When the tailwheel came back down, the airplane pulled hard to the left, but the flight instructor regained some directional control. The airplane departed the runway surface and struck the surface-mounted precision approach path indicator, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane. A postaccident inspection by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the tailwheel unlocked easily when shaken manually.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.