- Date
- April 23, 1983, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Millbrook, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N719Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830423075399A
- Case key
- 35176
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Analysis
The pilot was using runway 17 for takeoff when he lost directional control. The acft went off the left side of the runway and over an embankment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N719
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental C-658, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hergin Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 44N · Sky Acres, runway 17, 3,800 × 20 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 299 total · 6 in this make and model · 194 as pilot in command · 9 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.
Other investigations on N719 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.