Aeronca 7AC N84424
8 April 2000 · Embarrass, Minnesota, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 8 April 2000 at about 18:43 local time, a Aeronca 7AC registered N84424 was involved in an accident near Embarrass, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 18:43
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Embarrass, Minnesota, United States
- Coordinates
- 47.6502, -92.1905
- Aircraft
- Aeronca 7AC
- Registration
- N84424
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Tower
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI00FA107
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
the inadvertent stall/spin the pilot encountered. A factor was the wind gusts.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane was destroyed on impact with terrain following an in-flight loss of control on initial climb. A post accident fire occurred. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane climbed northeast on a crosswind departure. A witness said that he saw '...nothing out of the...nothing unordinary at all. It ah...he took off, and the airplane was performing very well and...and ah...as he started to...climb, the aircraft ah...a strong wind come in from the...from the rear of the aircraft, and it just...the airplane just quit flying. It just...the sheer [sic]...the wind sheer [sic] just...it was so strong that...it was ah...30 miles an hour at least, you know.' The airplane was observed about 100 to 200 feet above ground level when it encountered the wind shear and it was observed to spiral down. The wind was 260 degrees at 15 knots gusts to 19 knots. An on-scene investigation revealed that an engine, not listed in its aircraft specification, was installed and a composite propeller was installed. No further pre-impact anomalies were found. The engine produced a thumb compression at all cylinders. Chordwise scratches and leading edge nicks were found on a propeller blade. Engine and control continuity was found.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Aeronca 7 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 2000 | Aeronca 7CCM-200 | Corning, Iowa, United States | Donald R. Hall | No injuries | - |
| 10 Jun 2000 | Aeronca 7BCM | Palmetto, Florida, United States | Seminole Aviation Assoc. Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 16 Jul 2000 | Aeronca 7DC | Payson, Arizona, United States | Arizona Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 7 Mar 2000 | Aeronca 7AC | Pawling, New York, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 30 Aug 2000 | Aeronca 7BCM | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | Bruce N. Barton | No injuries | - |
| 27 Aug 2000 | Aeronca 7AC | Bolivar, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 1,361 records for this type
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Sep 2000 | Piper PA-23-250 | Sandstone, Minnesota, United States | Robert S. Hansen | No injuries | - |
| 24 Feb 2000 | Beechcraft 95-B55 | Moorhead, Minnesota, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 21 Apr 2000 | Cessna 170A | St. Paul, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 May 2000 | Cessna C310R | Hibbing, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Sep 2000 | Boeing 727-224 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | Sun Country Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 13 Jul 2000 | Piper PA-22-160 | Olivia, Minnesota, United States | Douglas J. Knudson | No injuries | - |