# NTSB CHI87LA105: Aeronca 15AC, N1156H, Hibbing, MN, March 28, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 28, 1987, 09:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place: Hibbing, MN
- Coordinates: 47.400939, -92.940727 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4009&lon=-92.9407&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13749
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA105
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13749/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA105

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - weather condition - crosswind
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - object - airport facility

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT WHILE TAXIING ON THE NORTH TAXIWAY, FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 31, A 'GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE TAIL ABRUPTLY AND CAUSED PLANE TO VEER TO THE LEFT AND STRIKE CORNER OF HANGAR.' THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE HANGAR NOSE FIRST.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1156H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1156H-2013-03-07), registration cancelled 2013-03-07, S/N 15AC-166, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 15AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 15AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-15ac) (registry code 0191202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15AC166
- Airframe hours: 3102
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Swan Lake Flyers
- Registered owner: Swan Lake Flyers
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 13, 1986
- Destination: 8Y6, CLEAR LAKE, MN
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: H1B, Chisholmhibbing

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,100 total, 140 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 18 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 16 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HIB

## 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 19870328007589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870328007589A), Mar 28, 1987: Aronca STC15, Hibbing, MN, Substantial damage. The aircrat veered into a hangar during taxi. Winds were strong and pilot did not have recent experience in type.

## Other investigations on N1156H (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI67F0191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67F0191), Sep 6, 1966: Aeronca 15AC (N1156H), Superior, WI, substantial damage

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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