- Date
- December 7, 1982, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Monticello, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3809EAeronca 11AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821207062729A
- Case key
- 71760
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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
As the flight made a three point landing in strong, gusting, left crosswinds, a gust of wind lifted the aircraft's left wing. Directional control was lost and the aircraft departed the right side of the runway. It came to rest at the bottom of a grassy slope next to the runway, incurring minor damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3809E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11AC-S28
- Airframe hours
- 2,113
- Engine
- Continental C-85-8FJ, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David Pearsall
- Registered owner
- David Pearsall
- Departed
- 11N · New Milford, CT
- Destination
- C · Glendale, AZ
- Airport
- MSV · Sullivan County, runway 33, 6,300 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 120 total · 17 in this make and model · 70 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 14 knots
- Temperature
- 136 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.