- Date
- April 12, 1987, 14:07 local (18:07 UTC)
- Place
- Sharpsburg, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1823EAeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870412008969A
- Case key
- 7287
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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
Plt dep a pvt grass airstrip for a LCL VFR flt. Acft was observed to lift off the grass rwy at about 1000 ft. it climbed to about 30 ft AGL and leveled off. At about the end of the 1800 ft rwy the acft nosed up into a 'fairly steep' climb attitude. The ground slopes upward along the dep path 1262 ft from the dept end of the rwy. Witnesses stated that the acft seemed to be struggling to climb and then seemed to be laboring. The acft was observed to collide with the trees, roll to the right and dive to the gnd. The acft was loaded to near gross wt. Auto fuel was being used and atmospheric conditions were favorable for carb ice at rated power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1823E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-5390
- Airframe hours
- 681
- Engine
- Continental A65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William A. Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 9, 1986 · 55 hours before
- Airport
- PVT · Rolling Meadows, runway 36, 1,800 × 0 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 240 total · 172 in this make and model · 210 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 19 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.
Other investigations on N1823E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.