- Date
- July 23, 1988, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greenfield, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N83430Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880723027789A
- Case key
- 14120
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a dual instructional flight for purpose of practicing landings in a conventional gear aircraft, the student pilot abruptly nosed the aircraft toward the turf runway. The instructor pilot did not take remedial action and the aircraft struck the ground, collapsing the main gear and skidding to a halt, nose down, on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83430
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC 2097
- Airframe hours
- 6,661
- Engine
- Continental C-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas, Charles E.
- Registered owner
- Thomas, Charles E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 1988 · 17 hours before
- Airport
- GFD · Pope Field, runway 18, 2,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 65
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 4,638 total · 41 in this make and model · 4,463 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days · 41 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 26 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.