- Date
- February 19, 1983, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2115EAeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830219004479A
- Case key
- 35151
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbankFactor
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Nose over
Analysis
There were 2-3 ft snowbanks on the sides of the rwy. At the end of the landing roll the left wheel caught the edge of a snowbank causing the acft to swing into the snowbank & tip over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2115E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5686
- Airframe hours
- 1,502
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James F. Logan, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- N10 · Collegeville, PA
- Airport
- N40 · Sky Manor, runway 6, 2,504 × 50 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 261 total · 57 in this make and model · 173 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.