- Date
- February 13, 1984, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lawrence, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N83032Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840213003289A
- Case key
- 33629
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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
The dual student allowed the acft to porpoise & yaw and lost control of the acft as it veered into a ditch. The CFI on board tried to correct the situation with rudder and throttle but was unsucessful in the attempt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83032
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1688
- Airframe hours
- 2,230
- Engine
- Continental C-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Capitol Airservice
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 3, 1983 · 63 hours before
- Departed
- 3LA · Lawrence, KS
- Airport
- 3LA · Lawrence Municipal, runway 19, 3,900 × 50 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,511 total · 55 in this make and model · 1,417 as pilot in command · 154 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOP, 22 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 N83032 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.