- Date
- August 16, 1995, 13:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Vernon, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N83564Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 11, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950816046839A
- Case key
- 9999
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Probable cause
loss of aircraft control for an undetermined reason.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
A student and instructor pilot (CFI) were landing on runway 18 in wind that was from 180 degrees at 10 knots. The airplane ground looped during the landing, while the student pilot was operating the controls. An examination of the airplane after the accident revealed the tailwheel had slipped off its rim. The flight instructor believed that this was the initiating event for the ground loop. However, an inspection of the airplane did not reveal whether this was an initiating event or a result of the ground loop.
Factual narrative
On August 16, 1995, at 1355 central daylight time, an Aeronca 7AC, N83564, ground looped while landing on runway 18 at the Mount Vernon Municipal Airport, Mount Vernon, Missouri. The 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The certificated flight instructor (CFI) and the student pilot were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The flight originated from Bolivar, Missouri, at 1255 cdt.
The CFI stated the tailwheel spun off the wheel rim and lodged itself below the tailwheel hardware. On touchdown the airplane ground looped.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration Inspectors who inspected the airplane after the accident, the tailwheel tire was slipped off the rim. However, it was not possible to determine if this was an initiating event of the ground loop or as a result of the ground loop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83564
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC2235
- Airframe hours
- 2,458
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bolivar Flyers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 14, 1995 · 87 hours before
- Departed
- H29 · Bolivar, MO
- Destination
- MO20
- Airport
- MO20 · Mount Vernon Muni, runway 18, 3,000 × 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
- Age
- 50
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 21,786 total · 1,020 in this make and model · 21,175 as pilot in command · 175 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N83564 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.