- Date
- December 21, 1983, 18:10 local (Dec 22, 1983, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Bellville, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82243Aeronca 7DC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831221064659A
- Case key
- 21237
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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 plt stated he landed 'a little long & a little fast.' The acft then drifted off the paved rwy into grass & soft terrain. The right wheel dug into the ground & the acft nosed over onto its back at the line of rwy lights.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82243
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7DC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-871
- Airframe hours
- 6,480
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William R. Talutis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 30, 1983 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- San Angelo, TX
- Airport
- 06R · Grawunder, runway 15, 2,480 × 30 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 376 total · 48 in this make and model · 379 as pilot in command · 69 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.