- Date
- August 11, 1984, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fulshear, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N85625Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840811040029A
- Case key
- 21424
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Crew/group coordination - not maintainedFactor
Control interference - inadvertentFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Aborted takeoff - performed
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Main gear collapsed
Nose down
Analysis
On the takeoff roll, a 'short duration cross control condition occurred' between the student and instructor pilots, resulting in the acft departing the right side of the runway, power was reduced but the acft rolled into a dirt bank and mud holes, collapsing the gear. The acft came to rest nose down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85625
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-4369
- Airframe hours
- 2,600
- Engine
- Continental C-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James R. Gardner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- STA4 · Westheimer, runway 11, 2,650 × 28 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,261 total · 47 in this make and model · 1,928 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 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.