Aeronca 7BCM N83972
10 June 2000 · Palmetto, Florida, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 10 June 2000 at about 23:00 local time, a Aeronca 7BCM registered N83972, operated by Seminole Aviation Assoc. Inc., was involved in an accident near Palmetto, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 23:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Palmetto, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Manatee Airport (48X)
- Coordinates
- 27.5192, -82.5692
- Aircraft
- Aeronca 7BCM
- Registration
- N83972
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Seminole Aviation Assoc. Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Vanderberg → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL00LA064
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during final approach to landing, resulting in an inadvertent stall.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was practicing a power-off landing on runway 7. While on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern, he retarded the throttle to idle. Shortly after turning onto final approach, he stated that he attempted to apply power but there was 'no response.' However, witnesses observed the pilot turn the airplane onto the base leg in a steep right bank at the midpoint of the runway. The steep bank continued while the airplane turned onto final approach, and the airplane descended rapidly. At 40 to 60 ft. agl, the wings were leveled while the airplane had diminutive forward airspeed. Both witnesses heard what sounded like power being applied to the engine moments before impact. The airplane then impacted the ground near the midfield point of the runway in a wings level attitude, damaging the propeller and right wing. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no mechanical discrepancies, and weather conditions at the time of the accident were not favorable for the formation of carburetor ice.
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 | - |
| 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 | - |
| 19 Jan 2000 | Aeronca 7AC | Palmetto, Florida, United States | Larry W. Peters | No injuries | - |
All 1,361 records for this type
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