# Accident 19960605047129A: Aeronca 0-58B, Greenville, SC, June 5, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1996, 17:45 local time
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8499° N, 82.4008° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8499&lon=-82.4008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49546, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49546-2005-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 0-58B (registry code 0191006, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-0-58b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA96FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96FA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960605047129A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-16) PILOT AND PILOT'S BROTHER DEPARTED DONALDSON CENTER AIRPORT (7A1). ARRIVING NEAR SALVDA LAKE, WITNESS STATED HE OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT FLYING APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET OVER THE CLUB HOUSE WHICH IS ON THE EDGE OF THE LAKE-ON A NORTHWEST HEADING. A FEW MINUTES LATER THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE UTILITY LINE ON A HEADING OF 320 DEGREES. THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE BROTHER STATED TO RESCUERS THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBMERGED IN WATER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA96FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96FA148), Jun 5, 1996: Aeronca O-58B (N49546), Greenville, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude/clearance from power lines while maneuvering at a low altitude.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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