- Date
- March 22, 1984, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hailey, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N85763Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840322006949A
- Case key
- 39887
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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 - on ground/water
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Analysis
The student plt attempted to taxi back on the active rwy after landing and groundlooped. During the swerve the left wingcontacted a snow bank. The student plt recommended no tail-up taxiing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85763
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 74C4512
- Airframe hours
- 3,407
- Engine
- Continental A65-8E, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- The Champ Club, doing business as P.O. Box 804
- Registered owner
- Colleen Rowland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1984
- Departed
- SUN · Hailey, ID
- Airport
- SUN · Friedman Memorial, runway 13, 6,600 × 100 ft, asphalt
N85763Registration cancelled Aug 18, 2022 · Aeronca 7ACAirframe modelAeronca 7ACEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- 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
- 7,339 total · 10 in this make and model · 7,180 as pilot in command · 121 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.