- Date
- December 15, 1986, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Village, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3969EAeronca 11BC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861215067849A
- Case key
- 13710
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he gradually lost power while on final approach. He finally stalled the aircraft and pancaked it into the trees before the runway. The pilot also stated that he suspected carburetor ice was involved.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3969E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11BC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11BC-54
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- Continental 85-E, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lowell J. Mann
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 7, 1986 · 2 hours before
- Airport
- C98 · Lake Village Apt.
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
- 71
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 90 total · 90 in this make and model · 70 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GYY, 28 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.