Aeronca 7EC N81910
25 September 2001 · Clear Lake, Minnesota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 25 September 2001 at about 15:20 local time, a Aeronca 7EC registered N81910 was involved in an accident near Clear Lake, Minnesota, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. 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 15:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Clear Lake, Minnesota, United States
- Nearest airport
- Leaders Clear Lake (8Y6)
- Coordinates
- 45.4398, -93.9892
- Aircraft
- Aeronca 7EC
- Registration
- N81910
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Clear Lake → Sleepy Eye
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI01LA323
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot not maintaining directional control of the airplane during the takeoff. A factor was the soybean crop.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The aircraft went off of the left side of the runway during takeoff and nosed over. The pilot said in a written report, "I started the take off on the paved runway, which is 25 feet wide. The airplane veered to the left shortly after the tail came up and although I was using full right rudder, I was not able to straighten the airplane out. I got about a foot high and I was in a soybean field adjacent to runway 36. I attempted to correct the direction but hit first the right wheel and then the left wheel. When the left wheel hit, we ground looped. During the ground loop the airplane flipped over and the left wing was broken. The ground is relatively level at the airport and the 25 foot wide paved runway is located in the center of the 3000 foot by 150 foot runway 18-36." The pilot listed no mechanical malfunctions or failures is his report. No anomalies were found with respect to the airplane that could be associated with a pre-impact condition.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Aeronca 7 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jun 2001 | Aeronca 7DC | Fulton, Kentucky, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 1 Oct 2001 | Aeronca 7AC | Erhard, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 May 2001 | Aeronca 7DC | Hollister, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Jul 2001 | Aeronca 7AC | Skwentna, Alaska, United States | Edwin L Apperson | No injuries | - |
| 8 Apr 2001 | Aeronca 7AC | Roe, Arkansas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 26 Dec 2001 | Aeronca 7AC | Winters, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2001 | Cessna 150M | South St. Paul, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 May 2001 | Douglas DC-9-31 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 10 Nov 2001 | Beechcraft V35 | Mounds View, Minnesota, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 15 Jul 2001 | Schweizer 269C | Walker, Minnesota, United States | Northern Flights Helicopter Service, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 22 Jul 2001 | Grumman-Schweizer G-164A | Dodge Center, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Jul 2001 | Piper PA-38-112 | Tracy, Minnesota, United States | Matthew Hagen Sederstrom | No injuries | - |