- Date
- July 11, 1986, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Durhamville, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N84854Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860711086619A
- Case key
- 30194
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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
Aircraft departed rwy 35 at kamp airport, climbed to about 200 feet, turned right, stalled and crashed vertically into the ground. A witness said that the aircraft climbed, the engine sputtered, and then stopped. No preimpact malfunction/failure was determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84854
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-3573
- Airframe hours
- 2,275
- Engine
- Continental A65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kamp Airport,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Kamp Airport, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 11, 1986
- Airport
- NK03 · Kamp, runway 35, 3,750 × 80 ft, grass/turf
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,512 total · 1,411 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UCA, 12 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.