Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a tailwind.
NTSB analysis
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.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for WPR14CA145 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Mar 24, 2014
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Fallon, Nevada
- Nearest airport
- Fallon Municipal Airport (FLX)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Aeronca 7DC
- N-number
- N817DC
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1948
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.