# NTSB CHI83LA185: Aeronca 7AC, N82897, Ashtabula, OH, April 23, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 23, 1983, 10:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: Ashtabula, OH
- Location: 41.8795° N, 80.7985° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ashtabula, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8795&lon=-80.7985&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12148
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA185
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12148/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA185

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - touch-and-go - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - roll/run
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
  - lift-off - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82897-2014-11-19), registration cancelled 2014-11-19, S/N 7AC-1547, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (registry code 2110102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7AC1547
- Airframe hours: 2287
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830423015299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830423015299A), Apr 23, 1983: Bbavia 7AC, Ashtabula, OH, Substantial damage. Student on first solo flight bounced on second landing then stalled as he tried to make a nose high go around.

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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