- Date
- June 27, 1993, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Osceola, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N11854Bellanca 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930627021909A
- Case key
- 15744
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to maintain directional control.
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
While taxiing with the wind, the pilot 'experienced rapid acceleration and reduced power to slow the aircraft. The wind shifted to out of northwest, lifting the left wing and left main gear.' The aircraft was blown onto the grass on the north side of the runway where it instantly weathervaned. The pilot said with the aircraft's 'momentum still in the 10 degree heading, the aircraft hopped sideways on its gear, damaging the aircraft.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11854
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 825-72
- Airframe hours
- 1,986
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Wings Unlimited
- Registered owner
- Mark Jacobs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 25, 1993 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- OEO · L.O. Simenstad Field, runway 28, 3,850 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 30 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIE, 43 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.