- Date
- April 2, 1990, 14:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Cottonwood, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82805Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900402009949A
- Case key
- 26768
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Probable cause
The failure to the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft. Contributing to the accident was the decision of the pilot to attempt a landing in a cross wind condition well beyond the capability of the aircraft.
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
Ground witnesses at the airport reported to FAA inspectors from the scottsdale, Arizona, FSDO that the pilot was attempting a landing with a direct cross wind the witnesses estimated at about 30 knots. The pilot reportedly lost control of the aircraft near the touch down point on the runway and collided with the ground on the north side of the airport. Repeated requests for the completion of a pilot/operator aircraft accident report form met with no response from the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82805
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-1452
- Engine
- Continental C-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward S. Kelton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- P52
- Destination
- P52
- Airport
- P52 · Cottonwood, runway 14, 4,250 × 75 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
- 74
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 300 in this make and model · 2,800 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 30 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °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.