# NTSB CHI82DA031: Aeronca 7BCM, N3174C, Hoffman, MN, January 27, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: January 27, 1982, 13:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place: Hoffman, MN
- Coordinates: 45.829563, -95.780982 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8296&lon=-95.7810&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 27, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71044
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA031
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71044/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA031

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - snow covered
- Nose down, landing - roll

## Analysis

WHILE LANDING ON A SNOW COVERED DRIVEWAY IN AN AERONCA EQUIPPED WITH SKIS THE LEFT WING RAISED UP AND THE RIGHT WINGTIP CAUGHT THE GROUND. THE PILOT STATED THE WIND WAS GUSTING TO 18 KNOTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3174C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7BCM
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 293
- Airframe hours: 63
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C85-8FJ 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Terry Giese
- Departed: HOFFMAN, MN
- Destination: HOFFMAN, MN
- Airport: Private Strip, runway 36, 2,640 × 140 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 39 total, 14 in this make and model, 17 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 95 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: AXN, 17 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820127002039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820127002039A), Jan 27, 1982: Bbavia 7BCM, Hoffman, MN, Substantial damage. Ski-equipped aircraft blown up on a wingtip while landing crosswind on a snow-covered driveway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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