- Date
- August 18, 1982, 00:23 local (07:23 UTC)
- Place
- 7nm So. Of Sale, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N82219Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 69669
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
Immediately after a soft field takeoff the pilot executed a right turn into a quartering tailwind condition in an effort to avoid trees beyond the upwind end of the field. The pilot reported that during this turn the aircraft stalled and struck the ground in a nose/right wing 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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Procedures/directives - not followedCause
Airspeed - improperCause
Proper climb rate - not attainedCause
Stall/mush - uncontrolledCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82219
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC847
- Airframe hours
- 35
- Engine
- Continental C-65-L8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ray P. Bourne
- Registered owner
- Ray P. Bourne
- Departed
- 7nm So. Of Sale, OR
- Destination
- 7nm So. Of Sale, OR
- Airport
- runway 7, 1,600 × 100 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 169 total · 35 in this make and model · 136 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F