- Date
- January 4, 1987, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Athol, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7547EChampion Aeronca 7FC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870104019259A
- Case key
- 40580
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot lost control of the aircraft during landing with the aircraft veering to the left of the runway centerline. The plt then elected to go-around and on the go-around the aircrafts main gear caught on a snow berm causing a loss of control in flight. The aircraft then struck the ground and rolled across the taxiway and runway striking a parked, unoccupied aircraft. Only a portion of the right main tailspring was present after the accident and it is not known whether it was absent upon landing or occurred during the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7547E
- Reported as
- Champion Aeronca 7FC (AERONCA 7F)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7FC-251
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Allan R. Pearson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- S62 · Athol, ID
- Airport
- S62 · Henley Aerodrome, runway 21, 4,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 34 total · 14 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7547E · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.