- Date
- June 3, 1984, 10:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Corona, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N27303Aeronca 65-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840603020469A
- Case key
- 23963
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Flt control syst,aileron control - failure,partialCause
Flt control syst,aileron control - jammedCause
Loss of control - in flight
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
While taking off on a bfr flt, a pulley in the aileron control sys failed during the initial climb & the controls jammed. The CFI pushed rudder to try to counteract rolling of the acft, but the plane wallowed in the air & dove into the ground from about 40 ft AGL. The plt/owner was considered to be the plt-in-command.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27303
- Reported as
- Aeronca 65-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8530
- Airframe hours
- 32,006
- Engine
- Continental A-65-3, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond L. Gordon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 5, 1984 · 2,549 hours before
- Departed
- L66
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 668 total · 600 in this make and model · 587 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNO, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.