- Date
- September 21, 1982, 10:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Detroit, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N29246Aeronca 7EC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820921048039A
- Case key
- 70469
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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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Supervision - inadequateCause
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Aircraft made left turn after takeoff at 15 feet AGL behind tree line which interferred with available wind. Aircraft stalled and dragged left wing, followed by cartwheel and sinking.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29246
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7EC334
- Airframe hours
- 1,460
- Engine
- Continental C-90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Laverne Dinatale
- Registered owner
- Walter Oltersdorff
- Departed
- 12 · Detroit, MI
- Destination
- 12 · Detroit, MI
- Airport
- 12 · Detroit Seaplane Base
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,735 total · 50 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.