- Date
- June 4, 1986, 19:05 local (Jun 5, 1986, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- Chaumont, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N82079Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860604021779A
- Case key
- 30191
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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 engine power
Fuel system - contaminationCause
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Forced landing
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot departed his private strip and crashed about 5 minutes later in a steep nose down attitude. Over 50 per cent of the fluid in the carburetor was a contaminant.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82079
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-705
- Airframe hours
- 2,694
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harry W. Gould, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 10, 1985 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- Three Mile Bay, NY
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 836 total · 798 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ART, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.