- Date
- August 19, 1985, 07:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mott, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N47500Aeronca 058B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850819039509A
- Case key
- 16783
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While departing a stubble field, the aircraft's tire ran into a soft spot in the ground and the aircraft turned and struck the shoulder of a road. The right gear broke and the right wing tip struck the ground, the right strut broke, the tail wheel and rudder were damaged along with the prop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47500
- Reported as
- Aeronca 058B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10563
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Continental 65-A, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald E Mitchell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 19, 1984 · 100 hours before
- Destination
- MSP · Flemming, MN
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,410 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 1,410 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 67 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °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 N47500 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.