# NTSB CHI82FA255: Aeronca 7AC, N85580, Pine Valley Tow, WI, July 19, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 18, 1982, 20:04 local (Jul 19, 1982, 01:04 UTC)
- Place: Pine Valley Tow, WI
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 18, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72233
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82FA255
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72233/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA255

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE TO A POINT 1/4 MI NE OF THE TOWN OVER A WOODED AREA & BEGAN A TURN TO THE LEFT. DURING THE TURN THE BANK CONTINUED TO INCREASE & THEN THE NOSE DROPPED & THE ACFT DESCENDED STEEPLY INTO THE TREES. THE POLICE REPORTED THAT WHILE THEY WERE AT THE ACCIDENT SITE THEY OBSERVED NUMEROUS DEER IN THE WOODS. 300 FT NORTH OF THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS AN OPEN FIELD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N85580](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85580-1983-05-21), registration cancelled 1983-05-21, S/N 7AC-4322 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (registry code 2110102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7AC4322
- Airframe hours: 1850
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-65-8F 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Ralph M. Jungbluth
- Registered owner: Ralph M. Jungbluth
- Departed: 81C, PINE VALLEY TOW, WI
- Destination: 81C, PINE VALLEY TOW, WI
- Airport: 81C, Neilsville

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 199 total, 130 in this make and model, 176 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 169 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: AUW, 20 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 19820718034209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820718034209A), Jul 18, 1982: Bbavia 7AC, Pine Valley Tow, WI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Entered accelerated stall near tree tops. Dove into trees. May have been spotting a deer while in a steep turn.

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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