- Date
- March 30, 1985, 12:29 local (17:29 UTC)
- Place
- Key Largo, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N84303Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850330044159A
- Case key
- 31382
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft departed tavernaro arpt with an estimated 3 to 4 gallons of fuel on board & proceeded northeast to port Largo arpt, executed two touch & go landings, departed the pattern & approximately 6 miles northeast of port Largo arpt the eng started to run rough & then quit, all attempts to restart the eng were to no avail. Post crash examination & functional test of the eng revealed no mechanical failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84303
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-3000
- Airframe hours
- 1,950
- Engine
- Continental C-75, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert A. Stothart
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 20, 1985
- Departed
- X43 · Port Largo, FL
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
- 49
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 700 in this make and model · 11,000 as pilot in command · 165 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB, 35 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.
Other investigations on N84303 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.