- Date
- June 18, 1984, 19:15 local (Jun 19, 1984, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4889EChampion Aeronca 7GC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840618026589A
- Case key
- 33712
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Analysis
The student plt was practicing emergency procedures during a solo flt. During a simulated forced landing apch to a field of tall fescue grass, he descended too low & the wheels encountered the grass which was 3 to 4 ft tall. The grass slowed the acft, it touched down & rolled about 30 yards, then nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4889E
- Reported as
- Champion Aeronca 7GC (AERONCA 7G)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7GC-63
- Airframe hours
- 1,760
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2B, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roy E. Bond
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 10, 1983 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- Columbia, MO
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 100 in this make and model · 54 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COU, 11 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 N4889E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.