- Date
- May 15, 1994, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Montello, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9462EAeronca 11AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940515010929A
- Case key
- 9527
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions. A factor related to the accident was the crosswind.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot used runway 27 to take off from the private airstrip. The local area wind was 320 at 20 knots. The pilot stated the wind blew him to the left of the runway after the airplane became airborne. The tailwheel caught on a barbed wire fence, and the airplane cartwheeled to the ground.
Factual narrative
On May 15, 1994, about 1730 central daylight time, an Aeronca 11AC, N9462E, sustained substantial damage when it struck a fence and crashed during takeoff from a private airstrip near Montello, Wisconsin. The private pilot, who was the sole occupant of the airplane, received minor injuries. No flight plan was filed for the personal flight, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.
The pilot stated he departed the airstrip using runway 27. After becoming airborne he said the wind pushed him to the left side of the runway, and the tail wheel caught a barbed wire fence. After hitting the fence the airplane struck the ground and cartwheeled. The reported wind in the area was from 320 degrees at 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9462E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11AC-1100
- Engine
- Continental A65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Allan C. Turner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 25, 1993 · 11 hours before
- Destination
- Y50 · Wautoma, WI
- Airport
- NONE · Private, runway 27, 1,200 × 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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 554 total · 160 in this make and model · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSH, 38 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.