Aeronca 7EC N7597E

Summary

On 24 June 2007 at about 14:05 local time, a Aeronca 7EC registered N7597E was involved in an accident near Hillsdale, Michigan, 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 June 2007 at 14:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Hillsdale, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Hillsdale Municipal (JYM)

Coordinates

41.9244, -84.5875

Aircraft

Aeronca 7EC

Registration

N7597E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Union CIty → Hillsdale

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI07CA178

Nobody was injured.

The aircraft control not maintained by the pilot during landing rollout.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane received substantial damage on impact with terrain during landing roll on runway 10 (4,000 feet by 75 feet, asphalt). Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot stated that during the end of landing rollout a gust of wind from 170 degrees pushed the tail of the airplane to the left. He then applied brakes to avoid hitting a runway marker, which was now in his path. The pilot stated that he "apparently applied too much brake and tail came over, prop stuck and plane went inverted." The pilot reported that his last flight review was performed in a Robinson R-22 helicopter on May 20, 2006, and he accumulated a total flight time of 620 hours in rotorcraft. The pilot reported a total flight time of 206 hours in single-engine land airplanes of which 15 hours were in the last 90 days and 15 hours were in the last 30 days. All of the 90-day and 30-day totals were reportedly in the accident airplane make and model. The pilot provided a registration application for the accident airplane dated June 18, 2007. The JYM weather observations for the day of the accident recorded no wind gusts with winds of 0 knots from 0437-0717. From 0737-1117, wind was from 130-140 degrees at 4 knots. **This narrative was modified on August 16, 2007.**

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.