Accident Aeronca 65-TL N29404, Monday 10 January 1994

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Date:	Monday 10 January 1994
Time:	17:00 LT
Type:	Aeronca 65-TL
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N29404
MSN:	L2960T
Total airframe hrs:	1663 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-145B-2
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Findley Lake, NY - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Clymer, NY
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED FROM HIS FARM FIELD IN HIS 1940, WOODEN SNOW-SKI EQUIPPED AIRPLANE. HIS DESTINATION WAS A FROZEN LAKE TO PRACTICE TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS. HE COMPLETED ONE TOUCH AND GO LANDING TO CHECK THE SNOW DEPTH. DURING HIS SECOND LANDING TO A FULL STOP THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRPLANE SLID FOR ABOUT 40 FEET IN THE DEEP SNOW COVERED ICE. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT A WELD AT THE BASE OF THE LEFT LANDING GEAR FAILED.

Probable Cause: the failure of a weld at the base of the landing gear which resulted in the failure of the left snow-ski assembly.

Accident investigation: