- Date
- May 29, 1986, 20:20 local (May 30, 1986, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Stone Mountain, GA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3675EAeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860529020009A
- Case key
- 6944
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a bfr flt, the owner/plt was considered to be the plt-in-command. Drg departure, he took off on rwy 35 with a x-wind from the left. According to the instructor (CFI) & a witness, the takeoff was normal until shortly after lift-off, then the acft pitched up. The plt thought he had encountered a gust which 'shoved' the acft to the right. Subsequently, the acft stalled & impacted the ground about 125 ft to the right of the rwy. There were indications that the acft impacted in a nose down, right wing low attitude. The front seat plt was secured with a shoulder harness; however, there was no shoulder harness for the rear seat occupant. He received a serious head injury when his head hit the front seat.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3675E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AC-6985
- Airframe hours
- 4,513
- Engine
- Continental A65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- William M. Fife, Sr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 2, 1985
- Airport
- 00A · Stone Mountain, runway 35, 3,000 × 40 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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 469 total · 257 in this make and model · 430 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK, 10 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.