- Date
- June 17, 1986, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Boynton Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1318VAeronca 7CCM
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860617025339A
- Case key
- 31503
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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
According to witnesses, the acft entered a turn shortly after taking off from a touch-&-go landing, then stalled & began to spin to the right. The acft impacted the ground at the edge of a canal, aprx 1000 ft from the dept end of the rwy. One witness stated that the eng stopped abruptly before the acft crashed. A post crash exam of the eng revealed low compression in all cylinders due to excessively worn pistons; however, the reason for the power loss was not verified.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1318V
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7CCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7CCM-57
- Airframe hours
- 2,538
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1B, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William C. Staley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 12, 1985 · 80 hours before
- Airport
- Willis Gliderport
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 390 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 12 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 N1318V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.