- Date
- June 6, 1982, 19:40 local (Jun 7, 1982, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Lehi, AR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N83654Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820606022029A
- Case key
- 71410
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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 acft was believed to have departed the west memphis arpt at approximately 1900. The acft was found at approximately 2000 in an open field 2 mi sw of the arpt. The acft had collided with the ground very hard in a nose down condition. Neither occupant possessed a pilot certificate although the plt in the front seat was issued a 3rd class medical/studentplt certificate on 3/23/76. He had also recently purchased the acft on 4/7/82. The plt's blood alcohol level was 179 mg% & the passenger's blood alcohol level was 83 mg%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83654
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-2332
- Airframe hours
- 1,378
- Engine
- Continental C65, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ricky Shivers
- Registered owner
- Ricky Shivers
- Departed
- West Memphis, AR
- Airport
- West Memphis
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Invalid Medical for flight
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.