Aeronca 7DC N817DC

Summary

On 24 March 2014 at about 21:00 local time, a Aeronca 7DC registered N817DC was involved in an accident near Fallon, Nevada, 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 March 2014 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Fallon, Nevada, United States

Nearest airport

Fallon Municipal Airport (FLX)

Coordinates

39.4994, -118.7489

Aircraft

Aeronca 7DC

Registration

N817DC

Category

Airplane

Year built

1948

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fallon → Fallon

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR14CA145

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a tailwind.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that during the third landing of the day in the tailwheel equipped airplane, the wind switched to a quartering tailwind. After touchdown the airplane began to veer to the right. Despite pilot control inputs, the airplane continued to the right and departed the runway surface onto the dirt. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted; its left wing and rudder sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.