- Date
- June 24, 1988, 20:12 local (Jun 25, 1988, 01:12 UTC)
- Place
- Kenosha, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N84405Aeronca 7BCM
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880624023809A
- Case key
- 14100
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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 pilot was picking up the aircraft after being serviced when approximately 20 minutes after taking off the engine quit. The pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in a field. During the landing sequence the aircraft contacted some trees at the edge of the field and subsequently collided with the terrain. Investigation revealed that during the servicing of the aircraft a new fuel cap was installed. The new fuel cap was not vented and the mechanic who installed it failed to find out if it needed to be. Service bulletin #47 from the champion aircraft corp. dated 11-8-60 states that all champion and Aeronca aircraft models 11AC, 11BC, 11CC, 7AC, 7BCM, 7CCM, 7DC, and 7EC must have vented fuel caps. It also states if the caps are not vented they must be prior to installation, otherwise proper venting will not occur.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84405
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7BCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3100
- Airframe hours
- 2,503
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Air Knockers Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 9, 1987
- Departed
- Y78 · Franklin, WI
- Destination
- UGN · Waukegan, IL
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,175 total · 125 in this make and model · 2,702 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.