- Date
- June 9, 1985, 10:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N83995Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 4408
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The acft collided with a parked helicopter during landing. The acft had left the rwy at midfield & collided with the parked acft. The plt stated that he lost directional control after lndg. A rwy light on the left side of the rwy aprx 900 ft from the approach end, was found broken. No mechanical or physical problems were discovered during the investigation that were of a causal nature. The brakes and flt controls received special attention and no malfunctions were noted.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83995
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2682
- Airframe hours
- 4,100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John C. Snelling
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 24, 1985 · 61 hours before
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill, runway 33, 2,469 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 53 total · 6 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI
Other investigations on N83995 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.