- Date
- June 8, 1983, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wentworth, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2563FAeronca 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830608023529A
- Case key
- 12201
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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 CFI stated that he gave the student a simulated emergency landing. When the acft was about 10-20 ft above the ground a gust of wind caught the acft. The acft dropped suddenly and hit the ground. The landing gear folded and the fuselage and wing tips were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2563F
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- L8831-15
- Airframe hours
- 1,101
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Ortman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 13, 1983 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- D36 · Duluth, 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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,037 total · 125 in this make and model · 908 as pilot in command · 287 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 28.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 6
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2563F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.