- Date
- October 5, 1986, 19:00 local (Oct 6, 1986, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tribune, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N84911Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861005049759A
- Case key
- 34309
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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 PIC rptd eng failure while in cruise flt. The student PIC suspected carb icing as the cause of the eng failure. No mechanical pblm was discovered during the eng inspection. The icing probability charts indicated that carburetor icing was likely in the cruise pwr configuration the PIC was using. No fuel contaminates or other descrepancies were discovered during the follow-up inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84911
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3630
- Airframe hours
- 1,950
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- F.D. Simpson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 5, 1986 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- 5K2 · Tribune, KS
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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 52 total · 52 in this make and model · 24 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 80° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GCK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.