- Date
- March 25, 1991, 11:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- No. Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N84025Aeronca 7-AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910325007489A
- Case key
- 27147
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed.
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 a closed-pattern turn to downwind after takeoff, the airplane stalled. The pilot stated the winds were stronger than anticipated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84025
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7-AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2712
- Engine
- Continental C-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Scott W. Griesman
- Registered owner
- Scott W. Griesman
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 100 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Observed at
- VGT, 1 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.
Other investigations on N84025 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.