# Accident 20180528006399A: Aeronca 0-58B, Tekamah, NE, May 28, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2018, 09:15 local time
- Place: Tekamah, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7686° N, 96.2414° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7686&lon=-96.2414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47252, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47252) (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: AERONCA 0-58B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A-65-8
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 912 total, 153 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180528006399A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 28, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 0915 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PRIVATE PILOT WITH A PASSENGER EXECUTED AN OFF-AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING COMING TO REST IN A DITCH APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE WEST OF TEKAMAH, NEBRASKA. THE ACCIDENT SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AN AERONCA 0-58B.

WEATHER REPORT FROM KTQE, AT 0854L WINDS WESTERLY 3KTS, 10 MILES VISIBILITY, FEW CLOUDS AT 8500',  TEMP 79, DEW POINT 64 RELATIVE HUMIDITY 60%, ALTIMITER 29.92.

THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE OF EVENTS CAME FROM THE PILOT, PASSENGER AND WITNESS STATEMENTS.

PRIVATE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM HIS PRIVATE STRIP AT APPROXIMATELY 0700 AND FLEW SOLO TO TEKAMAH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NEBRASKA (KTQE). HE FILLED WITH GAS, ATTACHED AN AMERICAN FLAG TO BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT WING LIFT STRUT, AND LOADED HIS PASSENGER. THEY TOOK OFF FROM KTQE AT APPROXIMATELY 0750 AND FLEW OVER A MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AT THE TEKAMAH CEMETARY.

FOLLOWING THE FLY OVER, THEY FLEW OVER SUMMIT LAKE AND DID SOME SIGHTSEEING PRIOR TO LANDING AT THE PILOTS PRIVATE STRIP. AT APPROXIMATELY 0830, THEY TOOK OFF TO FLY OVER ANOTHER MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AT THE CEMETARY IN CRAIG, NEBRASKA. DURING THIS FLYOVER, THE PILOT NOTICED THE ENGINE BEGINNING TO RUN ROUGH, BUT STILL MAINTAINING FULL RPM.

TRANSITING BACK TO KTQE, THE ENGINE BEGAN LOOSING POWER, WITH THE MAX RPM GETTING DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 1500 THE LAST TIME THE PILOT NOTED IT BEFORE IMPACT. HAVING LOST ALTITUDE, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB AND MAKE IT OVER THE TREELINE IN FRONT OF HIM, AS HE THOUGHT THEY COULD MAKE IT BACK TO KTQE. HE DOES NOT RECALL HIS AIRSPEED OR ALTITUDE AT THIS POINT, HE CHECKED HE HAD FULL THROTTLE AND WAS TRYING TO CLIMB. HE YELLED A WARNING TO HIS PASSENGER JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT, BUT DOES NOT RECALL HOW HE WENT FROM FLYING TO COMING TO REST IN THE DITCH.

FIRST RESPONDERS FOUND PIECES OF THE SHATTERED PROPELLER IN THE FIELD ADJACENT TO THE DITCH WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED. THERE WAS NO SCORING OR OTHER INDICATIONS OF IMPACT ON THE GROUND PRIOR TO THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT COULD BE FOUND. FIRST RESPONDER VEHICLES AND PEOPLE HAD DRIVEN AND WALKED OVER THE SURROUNDING AREA TO RESCUE THE PILOT AND PASSENGER AFTER CRASHING.

BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE TRANSPORTED TO MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN BLAIR, NEBRASKA. THE PASSENGER WAS RELEASED THE SAME DAY WITH CUTS, BRUISES AND CRACKED RIBS. THE PILOT WAS TRANSFERRED THE SAME DAY TO UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA, WHERE HE REMAINED FOR FOUR DAYS, WITH INJURIES TO THE HEAD, FACE, AND BODY. HE WAS RELEASED WITH NO SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS.

## 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 CEN18LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA199), May 28, 2018: Aeronca 58B (N47252), Tekamah, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power due to the formation of carburetor ice. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to use carburetor heat and his decision to continue flight with reduced…

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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