# NTSB SEA82DA128: Aeronca 7AC, N82651, Kent, WA, July 24, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: July 24, 1982, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Kent, WA
- Coordinates: 47.399517, -122.189041 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3995&lon=-122.1890&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 24, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71256
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA128
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71256/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA128

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Vortex turbulence encountered, maneuvering
- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled

## 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.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N82651](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82651-1982-11-16), registration cancelled 1982-11-16, S/N 7AC-1293 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (registry code 2110102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7AC-1293
- Airframe hours: 6512
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820724070709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820724070709A), Jul 24, 1982: Bbavia 7AC, Kent, WA, Destroyed. Lost control of aircraft from its own vortices while executing wing overs. Near vertical impact into trees.

## Other investigations on N82651 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA66D0254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66D0254), Mar 25, 1966: Aeronca 7AC (N82651), Kent, WA, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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