- Date
- July 26, 1991, 10:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Hilliard, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N31864Aeronca 65-LB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910726034459A
- Case key
- 32908
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain a proper glidepath during final approach resulting in the inflight collision with trees then the ground.
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
While on final apch the plt slipped the acft to dissipate altitude. After realizing that the acft was low, added power but the acft collided with trees then the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31864
- Reported as
- Aeronca 65-LB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LB11531
- Airframe hours
- 2,217
- Engine
- Continental A65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clay, Quentin K.
- Registered owner
- Clay, Quentin K.
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 8, 1991 · 15 hours before
- Airport
- 01J · Hilliard Airpark, runway 18, 3,150 × 125 ft, grass/turf
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 15 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX, 17 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.