- Date
- October 9, 2010, 11:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Vernon, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N81412Aeronca 7AC
- Defining event
- Taxi-from runway: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA-Kansas City FSDO
- FAA report
- 20101009049079A
- Case key
- 77669
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control while taxiing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he landed on the grass airstrip and, while taxiing, a gust of wind from the right resulted in the airplane ground looping to the left. The airplane struck a fence and the airplane incurred substantial damage to the right wing spar. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he landed on the grass airstrip and while taxiing, a gust of wind from the right caused the airplane to ground loop to the left. The pilot stated that he believed the gust of wind came from a powerline clearing that was perpendicular to the runway. The airplane struck a fence during the. Initially, the damage was not believed to be substantial. Later examination of the airplane revealed that the front spar of the right wing was cracked. There were no systems anomalies with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81412
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-5
- Airframe hours
- 3,194
- Engine
- Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 3, 2009
- Departed
- MU78 · Waynesville, MO
- Destination
- Mount Vernon, MO
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- N/A · Private, runway 15, grass/turf
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
- 70
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 1, 2010
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 75 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- HFJ, 16 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 10, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 459 KB in all.
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 N81412 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.