# NTSB ATL83LA318: Aeronca 7AC, N1094E, Kenton, TN, August 9, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 9, 1983, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Kenton, TN
- Coordinates: 36.190258, -89.009422 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1903&lon=-89.0094&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6159
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA318
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6159/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA318

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1094E), registered now, S/N 7AC-4646, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (registry code 2110102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7-AC-4646
- Airframe hours: 1000
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830809054309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830809054309A), Aug 9, 1983: Bbavia 7AC, Kenton, TN, Substantial damage. Stalled in a low altitude steep turn while looking at farm crops. Recovered but stalled again trying to miss a tree.

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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