- Date
- June 23, 1982, 20:08 local (Jun 24, 1982, 03:08 UTC)
- Place
- Porterville, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1938EAeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820623026859A
- Case key
- 72299
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on a local flight with two passengers. He reported that he was flying at about 600 ft AGL with 2100 RPM when he throttled back to 1500 RPM for about 10 seconds. He stated that when he advanced the throttle back to cruise power, the engine faltered and died. He repositioned the throttle fore and aft in an attempt to start the engine but it did not respond. He stated that he did not cycle the magnetos or check the carburetor heat, but did have the carburetor heat on for two minutes prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1938E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5505
- Airframe hours
- 4,062
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bergman Farms
- Registered owner
- Bergman Farms
- Departed
- Tulare, CA
- Destination
- Tulare, CA
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 104 total · 78 in this make and model · 83 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
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 N1938E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.