| Crash location | 61.566945°N, 148.550278°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect. |
| Nearest city | Palmer, AK
61.599722°N, 149.112778°W 18.6 miles away |
| Tail number | N81768 |
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| Accident date | 07 Jul 2018 |
| Aircraft type | Aeronca 7CCM |
| Additional details: | None |
While landing off airport, on an unimproved landing site, the tailwheel-equipped airplane landed hard and bounced. The pilot applied full power to go-around, but the airplane bounced again before impacting trees and terrain. Subsequently, the airplane came to rest inverted on a river bank.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and vertical stabilizer.
The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing, an attempted go-around, and a subsequent nose-over.