# Accident 20000714042289A: Bbavia 11AC, Threemilelake, AK, July 14, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2000, 19:30 local time
- Place: Threemilelake, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N9359E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9359E-2018-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11AC (registry code 0191102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 11AC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,160 total, 90 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC00LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000714042289A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 14, 2000, A FLOAT EQUIPPED AERONCA 11AC REGISTERED TO AND PILOTED BY DEAN P. EISBERG, WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT ON 3 MILE LAKE, ALASKA. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AND ON TAKE OFF FROM THE SECOND LANDING WHILE TURNING HE STALLED AND CRASHED INTO THE LAKE. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF FAR PART 91. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED CUTS AND BRUISES TO HIS RIGHT EYE. THE AIRCRAFT HOWEVER RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND SLOWLY SANK.

## 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 ANC00LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA089), Jul 15, 2000: Aeronca 11BC (N9359E), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to the pilot's failure to use carburetor heat, and an inadvertent stall. A factor associated with the accident was the existence of carburetor icing conditions.

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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