- Date
- August 4, 1982, 08:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tyonek, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8933RAeronca 7GC
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820804034819A
- Case key
- 72892
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt stated he departed anchorage for the kustatan river. He encountered ground fog enroute & landed on a beach. About 1-1/2 hrs later the fog cleared & he took off. He again encountered fog at the mcarther river, but it looked clearon the other side. Halfway across the river he elected to turn back. During the turn he sensed an imminent stall & lowered the nose abruptly. The acft struck the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8933R
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7GC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 159
- Airframe hours
- 1,700
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wm. Evans
- Registered owner
- Wm. Evans
- Departed
- Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Anchorage, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 800 total · 500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 122 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8933R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.