- Date
- July 8, 1987, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lester, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N85591Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870708081189A
- Case key
- 40656
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Analysis
During landing roll onto the closed runway the aircrafts right wingtip struck a post. The airport was notamed closed but no x's had been marked on the runway.
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.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - signFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Notams - not identifiedCause
Airport facilities,runway marking - inadequateFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85591
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC4334
- Airframe hours
- 5,916
- Engine
- Continental C-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael Borfitz
- Registered owner
- Michael Borfitz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 23, 1986
- Departed
- WA35 · Maple Valley, WA
- Destination
- 15S · Lester, WA
- Airport
- 15S · Lester State, runway 23, 2,150 × 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
- 44
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 3,580 total · 150 in this make and model · 3,249 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.