- Date
- May 11, 2002, 08:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Neenah, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N85258Aeronca 7FC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-Milwaukee, Wisconsin-FSDO
- Case key
- 54718
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Probable cause
The pilot not maintaining control of the airplane during the landing approach, and his failure to maintain clearance from terrain.
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 airplane was damaged when it impacted terrain about 200 feet short of the runway while approaching to land. The pilot said that the airplane impacted the ground about 10 yards before a row of trees. He said that he did not, "... remember anything between being on final and being pulled from the plane. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies that could be determined to have existed prior to impact.
Factual narrative
On May 11, 2002, about 0815 central daylight time, an Aeronca 7FC, N85258, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage when it impacted terrain about 200 feet short of runway 18 (2,450 feet by 20 feet, asphalt), at the Brennand Airport, Neenah, Wisconsin. The airplane was approaching to land when the accident occurred. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The pilot was seriously injured, and the passenger received minor injuries. The local flight originated at 0800.
In a written report, the pilot said that the airplane impacted the ground about 10 yards before a row of trees. He said that he did not, "... remember anything between being on final and being pulled from the plane."
A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies that could be determined to have existed prior to impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85258
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7FC-332
- Airframe hours
- 1,071
- Engine
- Continental C90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Allan P. Skruby
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 15, 2001 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 79C · Neenah, WI
- Airport
- 79C · Brennand, runway 18, 2,450 × 20 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 2 in this make and model · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.34 inHg
- Observed at
- ATW, 6 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 11, 2003, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 289 KB in all.