- Date
- February 16, 1991, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Union Springs, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N85880Aeronca 11AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910216002499A
- Case key
- 8377
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve.
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 pilot was flying in the local area and elected to practice some takeoffs and landings. The first two landings were uneventful. On his third landing, he lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane departed the runway surface and ground looped. The pilot reported no mechanical problems with the airplane. He reported the surface winds to be from 010 degrees at about 5 to 10 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85880
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11AC-301
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- W.D. Palmer And W.W. Salter
- Registered owner
- W.D. Palmer And W.W. Salter
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- 07A · Franklin Field, runway 32, 3,700 × 80 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 20 in this make and model · 257 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.