ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356800
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| Date: | Saturday 24 August 1996 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Aeronca 7AC |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N81543 |
| MSN: | 7AC-364 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2098 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Frederick, MD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (KFDK) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he had started his departure roll on runway 12 with a normal power setting. He said he climbed at 55 mph in a steep but normal attitude at about 30 degrees nose up. He said that he leveled off at about 100 feet above ground with wings level, when (what seemed like) a 'giant hand' (he guessed turbulence; there did not seem to be a flight control problem) started to 'throw the airplane around.' The airplane rolled left and right to 45 degrees or so, without warning. He said the airplane then descended in a flat attitude as if it was pushed, and it hit the ground slightly left wing down at full throttle. A witness, who was watching the takeoff, stated that the airplane took off in a steep nose high attitude, and at about ten feet above the ground, it stalled and fell back onto the runway, striking the left wing and separating the left main landing gear. He said the aircraft then slid off the runway to the left.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the initial climb after takeoff, which resulted in a stall and collision with the terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB IAD96LA140
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 September 1999 | N81543 | Private | 0 | Brookfield, OH | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 11:02 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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