- Date
- September 29, 1991, 10:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place
- Moore Haven, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4713EAeronca 7EC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910929062679A
- Case key
- 32934
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Probable cause
The pilot's diversion of attention and inattention to the airspeed resulting in the inadvertent stall mush. Contributing to the accident was inadequate altitude to recover.
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 became distracted while helping the passenger spot alligators and failed to maintain airspeed (vs) resulting in an inadvertent stall mush. He initiated a recovery but due to the low altitude, was unable, before the main landing gear collided with an object in the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4713E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 73C-57
- Airframe hours
- 3,150
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Scott, Gene
- Registered owner
- Scott, Gene
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 27, 1990 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- X53 · Clewiston, 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 137 total · 137 in this make and model · 114 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.