- Date
- September 6, 1990, 17:00 local (Sep 7, 1990, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Trona, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N84941Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900906038779A
- Case key
- 26918
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed and an abrupt manuever which resulted in an inadvertent stall and spin. Contributing to the accident was the low altitude of the airplane which did not allow adequate time to perform the necessary remedial actions.
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
A witness observed the airplane pull up sharply. The airplane was then observed in a right turn. The witnesses indicated that the airplane was too low and too slow and that it stalled as they made the turn. The witness also indicated that the airplane spun about 3/4 of a revolution before descending from view.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84941
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC3663
- Engine
- Continental C85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aasgard, Lewis
- Registered owner
- Lew Aasgard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 6, 1990 · 2 hours before
- Airport
- runway 35, 6,000 × 150 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,544 total · 80 in this make and model · 1,508 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.