- Date
- August 26, 1985, 16:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1760EAeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 31297
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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.
Nose over
Compensation for wind conditions - not attainedCause
Analysis
The plt stated that while taxing for takeoff the acft encountered a gust of wind. Nosed over & the propeller & right wing tip struck the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1760E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-5327
- Engine
- Continental 65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- FXE · Ft. Lauderdale Executive
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FEX, 1 nm away