Aeronca 7AC N1069E

Summary

On 15 October 1984 at about 22:41 local time, a Aeronca 7AC registered N1069E, operated by Flight Sight, Inc., was involved in an accident near Ono, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 October 1984 at 22:41

Classification

Accident

Location

Ono, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Dee Jay

Coordinates

40.3991, -76.5393

Aircraft

Aeronca 7AC

Registration

N1069E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Flight Sight, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ono → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

NYC85LA009

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AFTER A LNDG PRACTICE FLIGHT, SOLO STUDENT PLT RETURNED TO HOME FIELD AT DUSK. FIRST LNDG ATTEMPT RESULTED IN OVERSHOOT AND GO-AROUND. SINCE WINDS WERE CALM, PLT ELECTED TO LAND ON RECIPROCAL RUNWAY DUE TO CLEAR OVERRUN AREA. THIS NECESSITATED ON OBSTACLE APPROACH OVER A DWELLING AT THE APPROACH END OF THE SELECTED RUNWAY. PLT WAS CONCENTRATING ON CLRNC FROM DWELLING, DID NOT SEE POWER LINES IN FAILING LIGHT CONDITIONS UNTIL TOO LATE TO AVOID. A PULL-UP WAS INITIATED BUT UNDERCARRAIGE CAUGHT ON WIRES. ACFT TIPPED NOSE DOWN ONTO DWELLING ROOF, SLID DOWN ROOF SLOPE, HIT GROUND NOSE FIRST AND TIPPED OVER TO INVERT POSITION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.