- Date
- March 15, 1986, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lake City, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9848YAeronca 7FC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860315006749A
- Case key
- 34144
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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 flight instructor and his student touched down on the newly constructed private dirt strip in the airplane and rolled for 610 feet before the main gear bogged down. The nosewheel then cocked sideways and the airplane rolled forward to the inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9848Y
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7FC-410
- Engine
- Continental C90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- James L. Spurlock
- Registered owner
- George A. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 8, 1985
- Airport
- Marty Bunch Private Strip, runway 9, 3,200 × ft, dirt
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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 613 total · 7 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.