- Date
- May 23, 1992, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N47373Aeronca O-58B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920523016059A
- Case key
- 15453
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Probable cause
The inadequate inspection by other maintenance personnel, and an inadequate preflight inspection by the pilot in command. A factor contributing to the accident was the reversal of the aileron cables.
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 airplane was on the first takeoff after an annual inspection and rebuild. The airplane experienced a loss of directional control, exited the runway to the left, and nosed over. An examination of the airplane after the accident found the aileron cables to be reversed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47373
- Reported as
- Aeronca O-58B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10233
- Engine
- Continental A65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John T. Monnett Jr.
- Registered owner
- John T. Monnett Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 23, 1992 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- OSH
- Destination
- OSH
- Airport
- OSH · Wittman Field, runway 36, 8,001 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 75 in this make and model · 1,150 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSH, 1 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.