Aeronca 7BCM N6451C

Summary

On 19 February 2012 at about 19:20 local time, a Aeronca 7BCM registered N6451C, operated by Red Sky Aviation, LLC, was involved in an accident near Woodland, California, 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

19 February 2012 at 19:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Woodland, California, United States

Nearest airport

Watts-Woodland (O41)

Coordinates

38.7739, -121.8719

Aircraft

Aeronca 7BCM

Registration

N6451C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Red Sky Aviation, LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Livermore → Woodland

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR12CA114

Nobody was injured.

The pilot did not maintain directional control during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he made a normal three-point landing on runway 36 with the wind from 300 degrees at 5 knots. During the landing roll, he lost directional control of the airplane, and it veered off the runway and came to rest in a drainage ditch. The pilot reported that no mechanical malfunction or failure with the airplane precipitated the accident. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that two outboard wing ribs, a right elevator tube, and a fuselage frame component (yoke fitting) were bent.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.