20160601006169A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Aeronca 7AC · June 1, 2016

Date
June 1, 2016 · 08:50 local
Airport
New Garden
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N83547
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA16LA200
Reported as
Aeronca 7AC
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
9,961 total160 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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.

Student pilot privacy data omitted stated that he was receiving flight instruction from CFI privacy data omitted performing some general air work and practicing takeoff and landings, using the grass side of runway 06. While on the downwind leg of runway 06, privacy data omitted informed the student that they would be performing a simulated engine out landing. privacy data omitted Informed privacy data omitted that an airplane was on runway 06, but they continued the approach. The carb heat lever was pulled up and the throttle pulled back. privacy data omitted Then made a steep turn from downwind to base followed by a second steep turn from base to final to line up with the grass section of runway 06. At approximately, 25 feet off the grass runway and performed a go-around, the throttle was pushed to full power and the aircraft started to climb, at this point privacy data omitted told privacy data omitted to get on the center line of the hard surface runway. privacy data omitted Stated that during the climb we turned left to get on the paved runway center line and he reached back to push the carb heat level down but inadvertently contacted the fuel shutoff lever, moving it to the off position, the engine sputtered and shut off. privacy data omitted Stated: ?what happened?, ?I got it?, the aircraft was about 100 feet and made the decision to turn left in an attempt to clear some hangars. However, the aircraft did not have enough altitude and subsequently impacted the hangar.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FROM CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMING SOME GENERAL AIR WORK AND PRACTICING TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS, USING THE GRASS SIDE OF RUNWAY 06. WHILE ON THE DOWNWIND LEG OF RUNWAY 06, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INFORMED THE STUDENT THAT THEY WOULD BE PERFORMING A SIMULATED ENGINE OUT LANDING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INFORMED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THAT AN AIRPLANE WAS ON RUNWAY 06, BUT THEY CONTINUED THE APPROACH. THE CARB HEAT LEVER WAS PULLED UP AND THE THROTTLE PULLED BACK. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN MADE A STEEP TURN FROM DOWNWIND TO BASE FOLLOWED BY A SECOND STEEP TURN FROM BASE TO FINAL TO LINE UP WITH THE GRASS SECTION OF RUNWAY 06. AT APPROXIMATELY, 25 FEET OFF THE GRASS RUNWAY AND PERFORMED A GO-AROUND, THE THROTTLE WAS PUSHED TO FULL POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO CLIMB, AT THIS POINT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOLD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO GET ON THE CENTER LINE OF THE HARD SURFACE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT DURING THE CLIMB WE TURNED LEFT TO GET ON THE PAVED RUNWAY CENTER LINE AND HE REACHED BACK TO PUSH THE CARB HEAT LEVEL DOWN BUT INADVERTENTLY CONTACTED THE FUEL SHUTOFF LEVER, MOVING IT TO THE OFF POSITION, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND SHUT OFF. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED: ?WHAT HAPPENED?, ?I GOT IT?, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT 100 FEET AND MADE THE DECISION TO TURN LEFT IN AN ATTEMPT TO CLEAR SOME HANGARS. HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE AND SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED THE HANGAR.

NTSB investigation

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