- Date
- July 24, 1982, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kent, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N82651Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820724070709A
- Case key
- 71256
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Analysis
During practice steep turns the aircraft encountered its wake turbulence. Manuevers to regain control were not effective. The aircraft contacted trees in a nose low attitude.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82651
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-1293
- Airframe hours
- 6,512
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wayne L. Smith
- Registered owner
- Wayne L. Smith
- Departed
- 3WA1 · Issaquan, WA
- Destination
- 3WA1 · Issaquan, WA
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 10,100 total · 350 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 175 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
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 N82651 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.