# NTSB CHI83LA136: Aeronca 7AC, N8949R, Northome, MN, March 13, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 13, 1983, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Northome, MN
- Location: 47.8880° N, 94.2581° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHOME MUNI (43Y), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8880&lon=-94.2581&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12108
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA136
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12108/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA136

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - notams - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather evaluation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK WHILE LANDING ON THE AIRPORT AT NORTHOME, MN. THERE WAS NO UNICOM AT NORTHOME AND NOTAMS ADVISED THE RUNWAY WAS CLOSED. THE WEATHER WAS VMC BUT OVERCAST WITH FREEZING RAIN. THE PILOT REPORTED HE MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING BECAUSE OF A BUILD-UP OF ICE ON THE WINDSHIELD BUT HAD NOT PLANNED TO LAND AT THE AIPORT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8949R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21101N2
- Airframe hours: 3400
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Milton M. Kochaniuk
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: INL, INT'L FALLS, MN
- Destination: 434, CROOKSTON, MN
- Airport: 43Y, Northome, runway 20, 2,200 × 150 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 914 total, 57 in this make and model, 819 as pilot in command, 41 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19830313007299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830313007299A), Mar 13, 1983: Bbavia 7GC, Northome, MN, Substantial damage. Encountered freezing rain. Elected to land at nearby airport. Struck a snowridge landing on a closed runway.

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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