- Date
- April 28, 1991, 14:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Leesburg, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N84986Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910428012789A
- Case key
- 32857
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the landig roll, and his failure to maintain airspeed during the attempted go-around which resulted in a descent and collision with two parked airplanes. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience in type of airplane.
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 plt aborted the first landing attempt & after touchdown on rwy 13 with a 30 degree crosswind at 10 KTS, he lost control of the acft. It travelled off the rwy & with a vehicle in the flt path, the plt added power to go around. The acft cleared the vehicle but collided with two parked airplanes while descending.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84986
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-3710
- Engine
- Continental A65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Triangle Aviation Services Inc
- Registered owner
- Triangle Aviation Services Inc
- Departed
- X55 · Eustis, FL
- Airport
- LEE · Leesburg Municipal, runway 13, 4,984 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 438 total · 7 in this make and model · 324 as pilot in command · 127 in the last 90 days · 38 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.