- Date
- April 10, 1991, 10:55 local (14:55 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeland, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6040VAeronca 7CCM
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910410011319A
- Case key
- 32849
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Probable cause
Improper ATC clearance by ground personnel and poor decision by the pilot to taxi behind an airplane holding on a runway.
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
An acft was holding on the rwy awaiting takeoff clearance when the accident acft was motioned to cross the rwy behind the holding acft. The plt of the acft on the rwy applied power to take off & the prop wash elevated the lt wing of the accident acft causing the rt wing to contact the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6040V
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7CCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47-831
- Engine
- Continental C-85-8F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Marion, Maynard M.
- Registered owner
- Marion, Maynard M.
- Airport
- LAL · Lakeland Regional
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,802 total · 1,330 in this make and model · 1,752 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAL, 1 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 N6040V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.