- Date
- May 19, 1989, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Indian Head, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N85715Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890519024629I
- Case key
- 11499
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Pilot failed to maintained directional control during recovery from a hard landing.
Analysis
The student plt was on his fourth solo flight, and his fourth flight of the day. The acft bounced during landing and as the plt tried to recover, he lost directional control. The acft went off the right side of the runway and collided with a parked PA-28-140. The plt reported no mechanical malfunction or failure of the acft.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85715
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-4462
- Airframe hours
- 3,699
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bauserman Service Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bauserman Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1989 · 46 hours before
- Airport
- 2W5 · Maryland, runway 17, 3,000 × 50 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DCA, 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.