- Date
- February 5, 1983, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kentland, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6016VAeronca 7BCM
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830205002929A
- Case key
- 12082
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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 - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear strut - overloadFactor
Analysis
The acft veered off the right side of rwy 27 and collapsed the landing gear during landing. The wind was from 180 degrees at 15 KTS. The pilot did not report any mechanical problems with the tailwheel acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6016V
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7BCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1740
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dean Hungness
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1982 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- 501 · Kentland, runway 27, 3,500 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,523 total · 44 in this make and model · 3,261 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.