Aeronca 7EC N4712E

Summary

On 24 May 2003 at about 21:00 local time, a Aeronca 7EC registered N4712E was involved in an accident near Oregon City, Oregon, 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.

Date

24 May 2003 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Oregon City, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Aeroacres

Coordinates

45.3000, -122.6114

Aircraft

Aeronca 7EC

Registration

N4712E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mulino → Oregon City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA03LA088

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing roll. A tailwind and gusting conditions were factors.

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

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The student pilot reported that the wind direction was 90 degrees to the runway heading. During the landing roll, the pilot felt that he was going too fast and applied braking action hard enough that the tail felt light. About this time, he felt like something was pushing on the tail when the nose lowered and the airplane subsequently nosed over. The student pilot stated that after he exited the aircraft, he noted that the wind direction had shifted to a tailwind and was gusting. No mechanical failures or malfunctions were reported at the time of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.