# Accident 20030428006969A: Aronca O58A, Brattleboro, VT, April 28, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2003, 16:54 local time
- Place: Brattleboro, VT
- Airport: Moore'S Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9242° N, 72.5297° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9242&lon=-72.5297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46183, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46183) (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)
- Reported make and model: ARONCA O58A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 625 total, 8 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD03LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03LA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030428006969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT WAS NOT CLIMBING. PILOT THEN LOWERED THE NOSE AND A GUST OF WIND LOWERED THE LEFT WING AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED. AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND. PILOT STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE GUSTY. IN ADDITION, THE TERRAIN IS RISING IN THE DIRECTION OF TAKEOFF.

## 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 IAD03LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03LA052), Apr 28, 2003: Aeronca AR-58-058B (N46183), Brattleboro, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and a subsequent descent into trees. A factor in the accident was the downdrafts.

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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