# NTSB SEA84LA074: Aeronca 7AC, N85763, Hailey, ID, March 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 22, 1984, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Hailey, ID
- Coordinates: 43.770751, -114.61956 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7708&lon=-114.6196&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39887
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA074
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39887/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA074

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - from landing
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85763-2022-08-18), registration cancelled 2022-08-18, S/N 7AC-4512, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (registry code 2110102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 74C4512
- Airframe hours: 3407
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840322006949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840322006949A), Mar 22, 1984: Bbavia 7AC, Hailey, ID, Substantial damage. Instructor ground looped the aircraft while terminating a tail high taxi. Struck a snowbank with the wing tip.

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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