# NTSB ATL83LA203: Aeronca C3, N16270, Ocean City, MD, May 28, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 28, 1983, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Ocean City, MD
- Coordinates: 38.35057, -75.129852 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3506&lon=-75.1299&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6074
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA203
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6074/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA203

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16270-2013-08-06), registration cancelled 2013-08-06, S/N 655, built 1936 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA C3
- Registry model: [Aeronca C-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-c-3) (registry code 0190302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Aeronca E113 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/aeronca-e113-series) (registry code 01002, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 655
- Airframe hours: 9
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830528021549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830528021549A), May 28, 1983: Aronca C3AERONCA, Ocean City, MD, Substantial damage. Stalled and spun to the ground from 150 foot altitude during takeoff. A previous injury accident in the aircraft.

## Other investigations on N16270 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL82FIG08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FIG08), Jun 13, 1982: Aeronca C-3 (N16270), Ocean City, MD, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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