- Date
- May 3, 1987, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Georgiana, AL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N10521Aeronca 7BCM
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870503012029A
- Case key
- 7293
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Analysis
The plts & pax of 2 acft were returning from an annual pleasure trip. Neither acft had a good comm radio. Shortly after takeoff, they enctrd fog. They flew above the wx until they were near their 1st refueling stop (greenville, AL). Both plts dscndd beneath the overcast thru breaks in the clouds to find the arpt. One plt made his way to greenville under a variable ceiling; however, the other acft did not arrive. Later, wreckage of N10521 was fnd abt 1.5 mi north of mcgowin airstrip. The strip was about 11 mi south of the planned refueling stop. An exam revealed the acft had hit trees while flying along a hiway & pwr line toward the airstrip. No preimpact mech problem was fnd. The airstrip owner had seen an acft matching the description of N10521 on a northerly hdg near the time of the acdnt. He estd the wx was 800 to 900 ft ovc, vis 2 mi with fog & intmt lgt rain. Tests of the plt's blood were made at 2 labs; 1 showed an alcohol lvl of 0.05%;the other showed an alcohol lvl of 0.032%. Tests of the plt's vitreous humor & urine both showed alcohol lvls of 0.08%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10521
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7BCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7BCM-257
- Airframe hours
- 865
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert W. Mclemore
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 5, 1986 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- 81J · Destin, FL
- Destination
- M10 · Columbia, TN
- Airport
- 4A3 · Mcgowin
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 321 in this make and model · 348 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
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