- Date
- February 12, 1983, 17:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Astatula, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4320CAeronca 7EC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830212003489A
- Case key
- 30766
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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.
Analysis
The acft made a low pass over witnesses & pulled up steeply. The acft stalled & slid backwards before it became inverted and spun to the ground. There were about 2 rotations in the spin before impact. The plt who is listed as PIC for this flt was employed as an aerial application plt by the acft owners. They stated they did not give specific approval for this pleasure flt but they had no objections to it. Toxicological tests of the occupants showed levels of blood alcohol for the PIC of 0.175 percent and the other pilot as 0.270 percent. Both occupants were pilots. The employee of the acft owner is listed as PIC and presumed to be the pilot on the controls.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4320C
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7EC325
- Airframe hours
- 2,318
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frank'S Farm Partnership
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 17, 1982 · 53 hours before
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.