- Date
- March 12, 1983, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Garden City, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1907EAeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830312009269A
- Case key
- 12106
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.
Analysis
The pilot elected to land to the west on a blacktop road. After touchdown, he initiated a go-around. During the go-around, the aircraft collided with the top wire of a power line on the right side of the road and crashed. The pilot estimated that the wind was from the south southwest at 13 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1907E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-5474
- Airframe hours
- 1,100
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John W. Nordeen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 11, 1983 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- 2MN4 · Manchester, MN
- Destination
- Garden City, MN
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 455 total · 150 in this make and model · 390 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 23 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.