- Date
- February 5, 1987, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dodgeville, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N86079Aeronca 11AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870205001739A
- Case key
- 13727
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While taxiing after landing on runway 12, a tailwind was encountered. The acft spun around, slid backwards off the rwy, down a steep embankment and struck a large rock. The plt reported winds from 270 degrees at 12 knots gusting to 18 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86079
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11AC502
- Airframe hours
- 1,393
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stephen Hartl
- Registered owner
- Stephen J. Hartl
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 3, 1986 · 130 hours before
- Departed
- C31 · Hartford, WI
- Airport
- 55C · Dogeville Municipal, runway 12, 2,750 × 50 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 316 total · 133 in this make and model · 272 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.