- Date
- September 17, 1991, 13:46 local (20:46 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7550EAeronca 7FC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910917040469A
- Case key
- 27361
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper remedial action. Contributing to this accident was the pilot's improper use of the brakes and rudder and his lack of experience in the accident airplane's make and model.
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
The PIC, a certified flt instructor (CFI)/commercial pilot, reported the landing on the 8,200 ft by 100 ft asphalt surfaced runway was normal. During the landing roll-out the airplane began to drift to the left and that he applied left rudder to compensate for the drift. The airplane entered a left skid and at this time he applied opposite rudder but to no avail and the airplane ground looped and exited the runway environment. The operator reported skid marks were evident on the runway extending about 150 ft from the airplane resting point adjacent to the runway's high speed turnoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7550E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 252
- Airframe hours
- 1,550
- Engine
- Continental C-90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lake Pleasant Flying Svc
- Registered owner
- Baboquivari Soaring School Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 6, 1991 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- Peoria, AZ
- Airport
- DVT · Deer Valley, runway 25, 8,200 × 100 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 381 total · 5 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DVT, 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.