Aeronca 11AC N85846

Summary

On 19 April 1987 at about 13:35 local time, a Aeronca 11AC registered N85846 was involved in an accident near Stillwell, Kansas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 April 1987 at 13:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Stillwell, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Mission Road (64K)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Aeronca 11AC

Registration

N85846

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Olathe → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC87FA083

2 people were seriously injured.

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT THIS FLIGHT WAS TO BE A PHOTOGRAPHIC, PLEASURE TRIP INVOLVING TWO AIRCRAFT. AFTER SEVERAL AERIAL PHOTOS WERE TAKEN OF EACH OTHER'S AIRCRAFT, BOTH AIRPLANES LANDED AT THE ACCIDENT AIRPORT. THE PIC AND HIS PASSENGER THEN TOOK-OFF WHILE THE OTHER AIRCRAFT STAYED ON THE GROUND IN ORDER FOR ITS CREW TO PHOTOGRAPH THE AIRBORNE AIRCRAFT. ACCORDING TO THE PIC, HE MADE SEVERAL LOW PASSES OVER THE AERODROME WHEN, SUDDENLY, WIND SHEAR CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO WEATHERCOCK AND STALL FROM APPROX 40 FT AGL, PRECLUDING ANY STALL RECOVERY BEFORE IMPACT. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, WINDS IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 16 KTS, GUSTING TO 25 KTS. AIRPORT PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT TREES HAD BEEN PLANTED RECENTLY--BY NEIGHBORS--IN THE IMMEDIATE PERIMETER OF THE AIRSTRIP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.