- Date
- June 4, 1986, 20:30 local (Jun 5, 1986, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sisseton, SD
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N84693Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860604021429A
- Case key
- 16973
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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
The front seat plt, on his first flt in the acft, was flying the acft. After takeoff the acft entered a nose high attitude because the elevator trim was improperly set. The nose high attitude was corrected but the right door on the engine cowling came open during the maneuver. The plt in the rear cockpit took control of the acft, reduced power and entered a downwind for a cross rwy. The rear seat plt reported trouble seeing the instrument panel because his view was obstructed by the front seat occupant. The plt felt the acft was slow as it approached the rwy and he added pwr; however, the acft stalled at about 30 ft AGL, too low to recover. Investigation revealed the rt rear fastener was worn and both plts were aware of the condition prior to takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84693
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3404
- Airframe hours
- 1,434
- Engine
- Continental 65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James Forrette, Sr.
- Registered owner
- Martin L. Beving
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 2, 1985 · 6 hours before
- Airport
- 8D3 · Sisseton Muni, runway 4, 2,300 × 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 432 total · 4 in this make and model · 399 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.