- Date
- April 30, 1990, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kutztown, PA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N112AWAeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900430014879A
- Case key
- 36638
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper control input and the instructior's inadequate response. The student's interference with the flight controls as the instructor attempted recovery was a factor in the accident.
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
After rotation on takeoff, the student pilot maintained a high angle of attack. He did not lower the nose, push stick forward or increase airspeed as instructed. Instructor pilot took control and attempted to correct but the student pulled stick back harder causing the aircraft to stall and crash in a slightly nose down, left wing low attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N112AW
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1033
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kutztown Aviation Ser., Inc.
- Registered owner
- Kutztown Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- N31
- Airport
- N31 · Kutztown, runway 17, 1,930 × 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
- 56
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 5,360 total · 10 in this make and model · 5,159 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.