- Date
- August 15, 1992, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Miltonfreewater, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N85425Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920815031339A
- Case key
- 42879
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Probable cause
An inadvertent stall while maneuvering in mountainous terrain. Factors include lack of experience in this type of operation.
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.
Analysis
The recently certificated private pilot flew into a valley, initiated a climb, then recognized that the aircraft was not climbing rapidly enough to clear the end of the valley. He attempted a course reversal, stalled, and collided with terrain while attempting to recover.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85425
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-4165
- Engine
- Continental C-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dwight C. Morgan
- Registered owner
- Clifford W. Morgan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- S95 · College Place, WA
- Destination
- S95
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
- 19
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 77 total · 23 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALW, 20 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.