# NTSB DEN87LA176: Aeronca 7BCM, N8362H, Bountiful, UT, July 9, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 8, 1987, 19:25 local (Jul 9, 1987, 01:25 UTC)
- Place: Bountiful, UT
- Coordinates: 40.880561, -111.819213 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8806&lon=-111.8192&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17265
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA176
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17265/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA176

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence post (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDING. THE PILOT REPORTED THE THIRD LANDING WAS A WHEEL LANDING. JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN, ADJACENT TO LARGE PETROLEUM TANKS, THE AIRCRAFT WEATHER COCKED TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED RIGHT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT WING STRUCK A STEEL POST AT A TAXIWAY GATE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8362H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8362H-2018-03-07), registration cancelled 2018-03-07, S/N 7BCM-126 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7BCM
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7BCM](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7bcm) (registry code 2110106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7BCM 126
- Airframe hours: 1581
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-85-8FJ 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Ralf Lewis, doing business as L & D Aviation
- Registered owner: Ralf A Lewis
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 16, 1987, 14 hours before
- Airport: BTF, Bountiful Sky Park, runway 34, 4,700 × 70 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: rear; flight hours: 382 total, 10 in this make and model, 344 as pilot in command, 31 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870708032609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870708032609A), Jul 8, 1987: Bbavia 7BCM, Bountiful, UT, Substantial damage. Aircraft weather cocked into the crosswind on landing. Departed the runway and struck a fence post.

## Other investigations on N8362H (3)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN15FA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA310), Jul 22, 2015: Aeronca 7BCM (L-16A) (N8362H), Auburn, WY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while turning at low altitude, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle-of-attack and entering an aerodynamic stall.
- [NTSB DEN85LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA148), Jun 2, 1985: Aeronca 7AC (N8362H), Bountiful, UT, substantial damage
- [NTSB SEA70DVQ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA70DVQ06), May 17, 1970: Aeronca 7BCM (N8362H), Ashland, OR, destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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