- Date
- August 26, 1985, 19:00 local (Aug 27, 1985, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2877EAeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850826041239A
- Case key
- 24820
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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 - in flight
Proper climb rate - exceededCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall/spin
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Witnesses stated that the acft was observed in a nose high attitude followed by an apparent stall and subsequent impact into a river bed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2877E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-6460
- Airframe hours
- 5,570
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harrison Bemis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 16, 1985 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- SZP
N2877ERegistration cancelled Mar 21, 2017 · Aeronca 7ACAirframe modelAeronca 7ACEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 804 total · 75 in this make and model · 670 as pilot in command · 84 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OXR, 11 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.