- Date
- July 21, 1984, 18:30 local (Jul 22, 1984, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gorman, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N27350Aeronca 60-TF
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840721034229A
- Case key
- 24351
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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.
In flight collision with object
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Object - fence
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
According to the plt a 90 degree crosswind caused a loss of directional control shortly after takeoff. The empennage contacted a fence and trees off the left side of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27350
- Reported as
- Aeronca 60-TF
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1630T
- Airframe hours
- 1,206
- Engine
- Continental TC-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stanley C. Hall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 7, 1984 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- Gorman, CA
- Destination
- BFL · Bakersfield, CA
- Airport
- Quail Lake, runway 27, 2,000 × ft
N27350Registration cancelled Nov 6, 2023 · Aeronca 60-TFAirframe modelAeronca 60-TFEngine modelFranklin 4AC150-A
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 96 in this make and model · 103 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.