- Date
- April 11, 2015, 10:34 local (14:34 UTC)
- Place
- Cambridge, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N85664Aeronca 7AC
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards
- FAA report
- 20150411003729A
- Case key
- 91016
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while encountering a wind gust after landing.
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 had landed and was beginning to taxi when a gust of wind lifted the left wing. He added engine power and attempted to correct; however, he was unable to maintain control. The airplane subsequently departed the runway pavement, encountered a ditch, and overturned. The pilot stated that there were no failures or malfunctions associated with the airplane before the accident. He reported a 50-degree left crosswind at 10 knots about the time of the accident.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he had landed and was beginning to taxi when a gust of wind lifted the left wing. He added engine power and attempted to correct; however, he was unable to maintain control. The airplane subsequently departed the runway pavement, encountered a ditch, and overturned. The pilot stated that there were no failures or malfunctions associated with the airplane before the accident. He reported a 50-degree left crosswind at 10 knots about the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85664
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-4409
- Built
- 1946
- Airframe hours
- 3,575.7
- Engine
- Continental C85-8F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 14, 2014 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- PHD · NewPhiladelphia, OH
- Destination
- CDI · Cambridge, OH
- Airport
- CDI · Cambridge Muni, runway 4, 4,298 × 75 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
- 65
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 9, 2014
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 2,150 total · 1,435 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.27 inHg
- Observed at
- ZZV, 15 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 27, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 828 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.