- Date
- April 6, 1983, 12:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Near Sisters, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N83096Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830406011809A
- Case key
- 39677
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the plt, he began climbing after making a pass over a frozen lake & Near a youth camp. He reported that the acft entered a stall, then began to spin to the right at aprx 1000 ft AGL. He initiated corrective action, but the main gear hit the lake before a recovery was completed. After impact, the acft slide aprx 150 ft across the frozen lake before coming to rest. The elevation of the lake was aprx 4500 ft MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83096
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1753
- Airframe hours
- 3,392
- Engine
- Continental C-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arlo E. Funk
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 26, 1982 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- 6K5 · Sisters, OR
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 179 total · 39 in this make and model · 129 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDM, 32 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.