- Date
- August 2, 1992, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Whitman, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N84228Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920802028529A
- Case key
- 15505
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Probable cause
Water contamination in the fuel and low magneto output.
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 experienced a partial loss of engine power and executed a forced landing approach into uneven terrain. Just before touchdown, the pilot applied full left rudder to point away from a rising slope. The airplane landed in a bank and collapsed the main gear. Fuel contamination and weak ignition were found in examining the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84228
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-2919
- Airframe hours
- 4,200
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Stuart Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Stuart Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 6, 1991 · 225 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- 8V2 · Atkinson, NE
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 312 total · 30 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MHN, 37 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.