- Date
- May 16, 1982, 12:43 local (19:43 UTC)
- Place
- Prescott, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7533BAeronca 7EC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820516016049A
- Case key
- 72304
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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
Following a wheel landing the aircraft bounced and made a three point landing. After crossing a runway intersection the aircraft developed a left turning tendency which the pilots stated they could not control. The aircraft ran into a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7533B
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 37-57
- Airframe hours
- 5,500
- Engine
- Continental 90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Custom Pilot Service
- Registered owner
- Ardell L. Lemon
- Departed
- PRC · Prescott, AZ
- Destination
- PRC · Prescott, AZ
- Airport
- PRC · Prescott Municipal, runway 11, 4,400 × 75 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
- 21
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 402 total · 6 in this make and model · 195 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 154 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7533B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.