ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 43484
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| Date: | Saturday 8 April 2000 |
| Time: | 13:43 |
| Type: |  Aeronca 7AC Champion |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N84424 |
| MSN: | 3122 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-290-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Embarrass, MN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Tower, MN | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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.
Probable Cause: the inadvertent stall/spin the pilot encountered. A factor was the wind gusts.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X20767&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 12-Dec-2017 18:32 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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