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FAA accident report · Bbavia 11BC · Charlotte, MI · August 9, 1996

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Date
August 9, 1996 · 17:22 local
Place
Charlotte, MI
Airport
Wend Valley Airport
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N85825
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI96FA290
Reported as
Bbavia 11BC
Reported engine
Continental A658F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
100 total
N85825Registration cancelled Sep 6, 2012 · Aeronca 11ACS/N 11AC-234 · Built 1946Airframe modelAeronca 11ACEngine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Heard power reduction. Stalled nose high climbing turn. Fell into trees. Cause power loss to be examined. (-23) the aircraft was first observed circling to the south of Wend Valley Airport (49G); Charlotte, MI. According to witnesses the pilot, davy pier, added power while approaching the runway from the south and made a low pass along the entire length of the runway, 15 to 20 feet off the runway. The pilot, davy pier, was observed in the left seat as he flew by the eye witness, roger Wend, who is also a pilot. Roger Wend reported that davy pier smiled at him, as he flew by, and that the pilot appeared to have control of the aircraft. The aircraft began to climb to the north, clearing, with good altitude, power lines that are located 700 feet to the north of the runway end. As the aircraft began clearing the trees, on the north side of the road, witnesses heard a reduction in power. According to roger Wend, the aircraft began a climbing, right turn with reduced power. The aircraft was in a very steep right bank, about 50 to 75 feet above the trees which are 50 to 80 feet tall. As the aircraft proceeded through an easterly heading and bega n to head south, the aircraft stalled and went straight down into a wooden area. According to witnesses, from the time they heard a reduction in power, until the crash, 9 to 10 seconds elapsed.

As the FAA filed it

HEARD POWER REDUCTION. STALLED NOSE HIGH CLIMBING TURN. FELL INTO TREES.CAUSE POWER LOSS TO BE EXAMINED. (-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS FIRST OBSERVED CIRCLING TO THE SOUTH OF WEND VALLEY AIRPORT (49G); CHARLOTTE, MI. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE PILOT, DAVY PIER, ADDED POWER WHILE APPROACHING THE RUNWAY FROM THE SOUTH AND MADE A LOW PASS ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY, 15 TO 20 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT, DAVY PIER, WAS OBSERVED IN THE LEFT SEAT AS HE FLEW BY THE EYE WITNESS, ROGER WEND, WHO IS ALSO A PILOT. ROGER WEND REPORTED THAT DAVY PIER SMILED AT HIM, AS HE FLEW BY, AND THAT THE PILOT APPEARED TO HAVE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO CLIMB TO THE NORTH, CLEARING, WITH GOOD ALTITUDE, POWER LINES THAT ARE LOCATED 700 FEET TO THE NORTH OF THE RUNWAY END. AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN CLEARING THE TREES, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, WITNESSES HEARD A REDUCTION IN POWER. ACCORDING TO ROGER WEND, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A CLIMBING, RIGHT TURN WITH REDUCED POWER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A VERY STEEP RIGHT BANK, ABOUT 50 TO 75 FEET ABOVE THE TREES WHICH ARE 50 TO 80 FEET TALL. AS THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED THROUGH AN EASTERLY HEADING AND BEGA N TO HEAD SOUTH, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND WENT STRAIGHT DOWN INTO A WOODEN AREA. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, FROM THE TIME THEY HEARD A REDUCTION IN POWER, UNTIL THE CRASH, 9 TO 10 SECONDS ELAPSED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI96FA290Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportCharlotte, MIthe pilot's improper use of engine controls (carburetor heat and/or throttle), while making a relatively high speed approach, low pass, and pull-up, which resulted in partial loss of engine power; and failure of the pilot to maintain sufficient airspeed after…Aug 9, 1996 · Destroyed

Other reports on N85825 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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