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NTSB Identification: IAD05LA076
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Sunday, June 12, 2005 in Toughkenamon, PA
Aircraft: Aeronca C-3, registration: N13002
Injuries: 1 Serious.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On June 12, 2005, about 1545 eastern daylight time, an Aeronca C-3, N13002, received substantial damage during a forced landing near New Garden Airport (N57), Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania. The certificated airline transport pilot received serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local personal flight, conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
In a written statement, and during a telephone interview, the pilot reported that the accident flight was during his second circuit around the airport traffic pattern, landing on runway 24. The pilot extended the downwind leg, and during the turn to base leg, the engine lost power. The power loss was further described as normal engine operation, and then a "clack" sound, followed by silence.
He then attempted to land on the runway, but the tailwheel contacted power lines, rapidly decelerating the airplane. The airplane subsequently impacted the ground about 200 feet short of the runway.
A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector examined the airplane and the engine following the accident. The inspector found that the engine's crankshaft had broken aft of the propeller flange. Additionally, it was noted that the propeller had remained attached, and was free to rotate independent of the engine.
During a telephone interview, the operator of the airplane was asked if the airplane had ever experienced a propeller strike. The operator responded that to his knowledge, he was not aware of any damage of that nature. He additionally stated that the airplane had been completely restored a number of years prior, and that the restoration included an overhaul of the airplane's engine.
According to the FAA aircraft registration database, the accident airplane was manufactured in 1932.
The pilot held an airline transport pilot certificate with a rating for airplane multiengine land, and a commercial pilot certificate with a rating for airplane single engine land. He received an FAA first class medical certificate on March 29, 2005, and on that date he reported 9,700 total hours of flight experience.
The weather reported at New Castle Airport (ILG), Wilmington, Delaware, about 13 nautical miles southeast, at 1951, included winds from 190 degrees at 12 knots and clear skies below 12,000 feet.
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