Aeronca 7AC N81800
2 November 2007 · Fort Worth, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 2 November 2007 at about 23:28 local time, a Aeronca 7AC registered N81800, operated by Robert Schulko, was involved in an accident near Fort Worth, Texas, United States. One person was 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 23:28
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Fort Worth Spinks (FWS)
- Coordinates
- 32.5653, -97.3081
- Aircraft
- Aeronca 7AC
- Registration
- N81800
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Robert Schulko
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fort Worth → Fort Worth
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dusk
- NTSB number
- DFW08CA022
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain direction control. A contributing factor was the tailwind.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The private pilot was performing a full-stop landing on runway 17, a 60-foot wide turf runway. On landing roll-out, the tower controller observed the tailwheel-equipped airplane departed the left side of the runway, nosed over, and came to rest in the inverted position. The winds at the time of the accident were from 050 degrees at 4 knots.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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