- Date
- May 28, 1983, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ocean City, MD
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N16270Aeronca C3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830528021549A
- Case key
- 6074
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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
At about 150 ft AGL after takeoff the acft stalled. The plt previously had an accident with the acft on 6/13/82. Since that date he had recorded 17 hrs of flt time with less than 1 hr in a J-3 cub. The J-3 is similar to the Aeronca C3 in size but with twice as much horsepower.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16270
- Reported as
- Aeronca C3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 655
- Airframe hours
- 9
- Engine
- Aeronca E-113-C, 36 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jehu D. Quillin, III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · April 22, 1983 · 2 hours before
- Airport
- N80 · Ocean, runway 19, 3,200 × 75 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
- 47
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,084 total · 5 in this make and model · 878 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 80
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 N16270 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.