- Date
- December 8, 1993, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Juneau, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82594Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19931208046499A
- Case key
- 2478
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot in command's selection of a sight unsuitable for landing. A factor in the accident was the ditch on the beach.
Analysis
The pilot in command landed on beach. A loss of dirctional control followed impact with a ditch, resulting in collision with a log, damaging gear and fuselage. Pilot's recommendation was to make a better site survey of landing area.
Factual narrative
On December 8, 1993, at approximately 1130 Alaska standard time, a wheel equipped Aeronca 7AC airplane, N82594, lost control on a beach landing near Juneau and was substantially damaged. The private pilot had departed Juneau at an unknown time on the same day under 14 CFR Part 91 for personal reasons. No flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot and his passenger were not injured.
The pilot told the FAA that upon landing on a beach, the airplane hit a small dip in the beach and the airplane veered left and hit a log. He said that he had approximately 163 total flight hours and it was the first time that he had landed on that beach.
An FAA airworthiness inspector confirmed that substantial damage had occurred to the airplane's fuselage where the main gear attached, as well as to one wing.
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
- N82594
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3123
- Airframe hours
- 3,994
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Frederick Bulard
- Registered owner
- Frederick C. Bulard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 163 total · 100 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.