Plane Crash List

Aeronca 7EC N4715E

7 February 1987 · Big Fork, Minnesota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 7 February 1987 at about 18:30 local time, a Aeronca 7EC registered N4715E was involved in an accident near Big Fork, Minnesota, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 18:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Big Fork, Minnesota, United States
Coordinates
47.7401, -93.6496
Aircraft
Aeronca 7EC
Registration
N4715E
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Bigfork → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI87LA080

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

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 SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO TAKEOFF FROM A SNOW-COVERED LAKE, THE PLT FOUND A PLOWED AREA LEADING TO A FISH HOUSE. HE TAXIED TO THE AREA AND BEGAN TO TAKEOFF TOWARDS THE EAST. ON LIFT-OFF, THE LEFT AILERON STRUCK THE TOP OF THE FISH HOUSE. THE PLT LANDED ABOUT 50 YARDS BEYOND THE FISH HOUSE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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