# NTSB MIA82DA048: Aeronca 7AC, N82004, Pensacola, FL, February 13, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: February 13, 1982, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Coordinates: 30.389835, -87.36914 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3898&lon=-87.3691&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 13, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72188
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA048
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72188/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA048

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7AC-629
- Airframe hours: 2670
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820213005029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820213005029A), Feb 13, 1982: Bbavia 7AC, Pensacola, FL, Substantial damage. Lost control landing in gusty quartering tail wind. Struck a parked aircraft.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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