- Date
- April 16, 1989, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N84745Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890416008099A
- Case key
- 26381
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Probable cause
The pilots improper use of carburetor heat in conditions that were conducive to the formation of carburetor ice.
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
Shortly after takeoff, the engine suddenly lost power. The pilot initiated an emergency landing off the end of the runway. During the landing roll, the airplane collided with the high vegetation damaging the right wing, landing gear, and fuselage. The engine was torn down and inspected. No mechanical failures or malfunctions were found. Weather conditions were temperature 60 degs, dewpoint 40 degs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84745
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-3458
- Airframe hours
- 4,100
- Engine
- Continental A65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Santa Paula Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Schutze, Curt K
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 19, 1989 · 65 hours before
- Airport
- SZP · Santa Paula, runway 4, 2,650 × 40 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,762 total · 72 in this make and model · 1,624 as pilot in command · 274 in the last 90 days · 133 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 3 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °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 N84745 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.