- Date
- October 5, 1989, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Penn Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N85837Aeronca 11AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891005039479A
- Case key
- 26664
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the landing roll-out, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve. Uneven terrain beside the runway was a factor.
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
During the landing roll-out, the plt failed to maintain directional control. Subsequently, the acft went off the right side of the rwy, encountered uneven terrain & the left main gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85837
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11AC-247
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ralph W. Chase
- Departed
- 017 · Grass Valley, CA
- Destination
- CA21
- Airport
- CA21 · Limberlost Ranch, runway 25, 1,700 × 60 ft, grass/turf
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 147 total · 17 in this make and model · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.