- Date
- May 18, 1993, 12:43 local (19:43 UTC)
- Place
- Walla Walla, WA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N81829Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930518017319A
- Case key
- 43024
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Probable cause
The premature landing flare by the pilot which resulted in a hard landing and the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed above stall speed during the balked landing.
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 pilot flared prematurely, resulting in a hard landing which damaged the tailwheel assembly and led to loss of directional control. When he attempted to abort the landing, the acft veered off the runway, struck a runway light, stalled and impacted the ground in a nose down attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81829
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 452
- Airframe hours
- 5,613
- Engine
- Continental A65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sams, Delbert J.
- Registered owner
- Sams, Delbert J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 17, 1992 · 37 hours before
- Airport
- ALW · Walla Walla Regional, runway 2, 7,188 × 150 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 165 total · 42 in this make and model · 17 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 55 °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.