- Date
- February 13, 1982, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pensacola, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82004Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820213005029A
- Case key
- 72188
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - aircraft parked/standing
Analysis
The aircraft landed with a right quartering tailwind in gusty conditions. It swerved off the runway into a bell helicopter that was stored just off the right side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82004
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-629
- Airframe hours
- 2,670
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gregory W. Brown
- Registered owner
- Gregory W. Brown
- Departed
- 82J · Pensacola, FL
- Destination
- 82J · Pensacola, FL
- Airport
- 82J · Ferguson, runway 18, 2,600 × 200 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,150 total · 13 in this make and model · 2,050 as pilot in command · 104 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 113 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS, 9 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.