- Date
- August 15, 1991, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Newton, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N84692Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910815034369A
- Case key
- 8457
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain an adequate visual lookout for obstacles.
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 passenger reported that during a pleasure flight the airplane struck a power line. The pilot concurred & inferred that there was a flight control malfunction. Examination of the wreckage by an FAA airworhtiness inspector revealed that the flight control system was intact & operable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84692
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-3401
- Airframe hours
- 7,026
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Etchells, Richard B.
- Registered owner
- Etchells, Richard B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 6, 1990
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 780 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABY, 15 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 N84692 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.