- Date
- April 16, 1988, 17:00 local (Apr 17, 1988, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2532EAeronca 7DC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880416009349A
- Case key
- 4998
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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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - bermFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Analysis
The pilot stated that during the takeoff run on the frozen field the aircraft struck a snow berm causing the aircraft to ground loop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2532E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7DC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC6114
- Airframe hours
- 1,700
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerald Sousa
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 8, 1987 · 80 hours before
N2532ERegistration cancelled Jan 12, 2018 · Aeronca 7DCAirframe modelAeronca 7DCEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 390 total · 220 in this make and model · 220 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N2532E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.