- Date
- April 12, 1986, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Harrison, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N47187Aeronca L-3B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860412011489A
- Case key
- 7087
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a demonstration flight to a resident who lived near the airport, the acft crashed in a plowed field in a departure stall. The flight was intended to demonstrate the safe maneuverability of the acft and deception of altitude clearances from the resident's house. There was no report of mechanical discrepancies with the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47187
- Reported as
- Aeronca L-3B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 058B11473
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Continental A65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jeffery A. Noyes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 6, 1985 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- I67 · Harrison, OH
- Airport
- I67 · Harrison, runway 27, 2,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 4,099 total · 30 in this make and model · 3,915 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.