- Date
- October 29, 1988, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Austell, GA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N83045Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881029048709A
- Case key
- 7858
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
PIC was obtaining bfr; stalls & flt at min control airspeed were completed. PIC began descent from 2500 MSL to his pvt strip for simulated engine out landing. In a subsequent interview PIC said carb heat was applied & removed after 30 sec. In his rpt he said carb heat was removed when instructor said maneuver was completed. On base leg instructor indicated maneuver had been completed. PIC applied power to 1700 RPM, then 1800 RPM, & flew ovr rwy 33 at 2,300 feet AGL. When power was applied to climb, engine sputtered & lost power. PIC made a 270 degree turn to left to attempt to land in a land fill. After about 200 degrees of turn the nose of the acft yawed right. The acft stalled and impacted in a cudzu patch adjacent to rwy. Both pilots stated that the bfr had been completed and that the pilot/owner was the PIC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83045
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-1701
- Airframe hours
- 3,386
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald C. Walker
- Registered owner
- Walker, Ronald C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 21, 1988 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- FTY · Atlanta, GA
- Airport
- Walker Strip, runway 33, 1,200 × 30 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 181 total · 31 in this make and model · 133 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTY, 7 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 N83045 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.