# NTSB ATL86LMG02: Aeronca 11AC, N86097, Wallace, NC, October 21, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: October 21, 1985, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Wallace, NC
- Coordinates: 34.729179, -77.990592 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7292&lon=-77.9906&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7210
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LMG02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7210/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LMG02

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather condition - windshear (cause)
  - aircraft handling - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper climb rate - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86097-2013-03-07), registration cancelled 2013-03-07, S/N 11AC-523, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 11AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 11AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (registry code 0191102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 523
- Airframe hours: 3780
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851021052939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851021052939A), Oct 21, 1985: Bbavia 11AC, Wallace, NC, Destroyed. Lost control after encountering turbulence after takeoff. Impacted trees and a swamp.

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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