- Date
- April 7, 1984, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rutherfordton, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N46513Aeronca O-58A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840407009169A
- Case key
- 6438
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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
After the eng was started, the plt added power to taxi. He reported that the eng then went to full power & he was unable to stop the plane or control its direction thru the use of brakes & flt controls. The plane struck 3 other parked acft before the plt stopped the eng by using the ignition switch. An exam revealed the throttle cable had broken inside the cable housing & the throttle arm was in the full forward (open) position. Also, the right mechanical brake was reported to be weak. The 3 parked acft were: a Beech V35B, N56JL; a Cessna 182Q, N96675; & a Cessna 1721, N35804.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46513
- Reported as
- Aeronca O-58A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- O-58A(L-3A)
- Airframe hours
- 989
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carolinas Flight Caf
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 11, 1983 · 7 hours before
- Destination
- Morganton, NC
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 9,253 total · 4 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N46513 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.