# NTSB MKC84LA177: Champion Aeronca 7GC, N4889E, Columbia, MO, June 19, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 18, 1984, 19:15 local (Jun 19, 1984, 00:15 UTC)
- Place: Columbia, MO
- Coordinates: 38.950016, -92.319427 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9500&lon=-92.3194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33712
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA177
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33712/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA177

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach
  - emergency procedure - simulated, pilot in command
  - precautionary landing - simulated, pilot in command
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4889E-2013-06-18), registration cancelled 2013-06-18, S/N 7GC-63, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION AERONCA 7GC (AERONCA 7G)
- Registry model: [Champion AERONCA 7GC](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-aeronca-7gc) (registry code 2110164) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7GC-63
- Airframe hours: 1760
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840618026589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840618026589A), Jun 18, 1984: Bbavia 7GC, Columbia, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot was practicing solo emergency landing and allowed aircraft to contact high grass which pulled it into ground.

## Other investigations on N4889E (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC88FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88FA007), Oct 14, 1987: Champion Aeronca 7GC (N4889E), Columbia, MO, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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