- Date
- March 1, 1986, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Red Lodge, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1503EAeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1987
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860301004289A
- Case key
- 16927
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that during the ground roll phase of landing at Red Lodge, MT, he lost control of the acft which entered into a ground loop to the right. Just prior to the acft departing the right side of the rwy, he applied maximum braking, and the acft nosed over into a snow bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1503E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-5066
- Airframe hours
- 2,280
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brad R. Van Tine
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 13, 1985 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- 6S3 · Columbus, MT
- Airport
- 47S · Red Lodge, runway 16, 4,000 × 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 250 in this make and model · 300 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIL, 46 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.