Aeronca 7BCM N2908E

Summary

On 16 April 1996 at about 16:00 local time, a Aeronca 7BCM registered N2908E was involved in an accident near Portland, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 April 1996 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Portland, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Portland Municipal (1M5)

Coordinates

36.5796, -86.5102

Aircraft

Aeronca 7BCM

Registration

N2908E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Columbia → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA96LA119

1 person had minor injuries.

Delay by the pilot-in-command to perform a go-around after the airplane bounced three times during the landing attempt. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the pilot to obtain a preflight weather briefing and his poor in-flight planning decision for attempting to land with a wind 10 degrees behind the right wing at 17 knots with gusts to 26 knots.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot did not obtain a weather briefing before the flight. After touchdown with a wind 10 degrees behind the right wing at 17 knots with gusts to 26 knots, the airplane bounced three times. During the landing roll at near taxing speed, a gust of wind occurred and the airplane became airborne and drifted off the left side of the runway. The pilot then applied power but with obstructions ahead he elected to stall the airplane into a field causing substantial damage to the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.