- Date
- October 21, 1985, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wallace, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N86097Aeronca 11AC
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851021052939A
- Case key
- 7210
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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 acft collided with the terrain following a loss of control during initial takeoff climb. The plt reported that after clearing trees at an alt of aprx 200 ft the acft drifted to the right. The tail of the acft then rose pushing the nose down until the acft impacted the ground. According to the plt, the winds were strong and gusty during the day but had subsided prior to the takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86097
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 523
- Airframe hours
- 3,780
- Engine
- Continental A65-8, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Herbert Garriss
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1985 · 2 hours before
- Destination
- ACZ · Wallace, NC
- Airport
- Unnamed, runway 30, 2,200 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,700 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 2,700 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.