- Date
- April 23, 1983, 10:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Ashtabula, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82897Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830423015299A
- Case key
- 12148
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt was practicing touch & go landings on his 1st solo flt. He had performed one touch & go and was on the 2nd landing when the acft bounced. He applied power & the acft veered off the right side of rwy 08. The acft became airborne, crossed a ditch, then stalled & the right wing struck the ground. The 1050 EDT wind at youngstown, OH was from 120 deg at 7 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82897
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC1547
- Airframe hours
- 2,287
- Engine
- Continental C-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jesse B. Weaver
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 7, 1982 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- 7G2 · Ashtabula, OH
- Airport
- 7G2 · Ashtabula County, runway 8, 5,200 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 14 total · 14 in this make and model · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YNG, 10 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.