- Date
- August 9, 1983, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kenton, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1094EAeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830809054309A
- Case key
- 6159
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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
The pilot stated that while flying low and slow to observe crops, the aircraft stalled during a turn. The nose was lowered which placed the acft on a heading for a large oak tree. A turn was attempted to avoid the tree; the acft stalled again, struck tree limbs, and hit the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1094E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7-AC-4646
- Airframe hours
- 1,000
- Engine
- Continental C-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fesmire, Wilson And/Or Marcia
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1982
- Departed
- TGC · Trenton, TN
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 8,350 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DYR, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.