# NTSB MKC86LA067: Aeronca 7AC, N82202, Jacksonville, AR, March 10, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 10, 1986, 15:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place: Jacksonville, AR
- Coordinates: 34.859981, -92.119804 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8600&lon=-92.1198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34143
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA067
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34143/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA067

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A TAKEOFF FROM A SOD STRIP IN AN AERONCA TAIL DRAGGER AIRCRAFT IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS. THE AIR STRIP RUNWAY IS SITUATED ALONG A NORTH-SOUTH HEADING WITH THE RPTD WINDS FM 290 DEGREES MAGNETIC AT 13 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 18 KNOTS. AS THE TAIL ROSE INTO TAKEOFF ATTITUDE THE ACFT VEERED LEFT AND OFF THE EDGE OF THE RWY. THE PIC STATED HE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL IN THE CROSSWIND CONDITIONS WHEN THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED FM THE GROUND. THE PIC WAS INEXPERIENCED IN THIS ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N82202](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82202), registered now, S/N 7AC-830, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (registry code 2110102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7AC-830
- Airframe hours: 2364
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A65-8F 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Barry C. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 2, 1985, 25 hours before
- Departed: JACKSONVILLE, AR
- Airport: runway 36, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 180 total, 24 in this make and model, 35 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 13 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Observed at: LIT, 10 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 19860310005939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860310005939A), Mar 10, 1986: Bbavia 7AC, Jacksonville, AR, Substantial damage. Pilot aborted the takeoff after aircraft started to swerve. Went off side of runway. Both wings contacted the ground

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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