Aeronca 11AC accident near Kenney Lake, AK
On October 5, 1993, an Aeronca 11AC (airplane) was involved in an accident near Kenney Lake, AK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 5, 1993
- Place
- Kenney Lake, AK
- Aircraft
- Aeronca 11AC · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 63.181°N, 143.101°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X13501
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 5, 1993, at approximately 0705 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Aeronca Chief 11AC airplane, N9230E, crashed after takeoff from a road near Kenney Lake, Alaska. The airplane was departing for Tetlin, near Tok, Alaska, operating under 14 CFR Part 91 for personal use. The private pilot, the sole occupant, sustained fatal injuries. No flight plan was on file and the accident occurred in nighttime conditions, 30 minutes before the beginning of dawn civil twilight. Witnesses described instrument meteorological conditions with fog and freezing precipitation prevailing at the time and place of the accident. The airplane was destroyed by post crash fire. Witnesses told investigators from the Alaska State Troopers and the FAA that visibility was approximately 1/4 mile in fog, and that the temperature was approximately 25 degrees (F), and "ice or frost" had formed on the surface of automobiles at that time. Witnesses heard the airplane take off from the highway and collide with the ground. Evidence indicated that the airplane had taken off, completed a 180 degree turn to the left, and impacted the ground. A post crash fire centered at the fuselage area, consumed the cockpit and instrument area. The engine and firewall area contained an aluminum fuel tank of approximately 10.5 gallons which had melted through (potting hole). A fuel line valve feeding that tank from the wing auxiliary tanks was in the closed position. (See wreckage and impact information.) INJURIES TO PERSONS The pilot, as sole occupant was fatally injured. Injuries described in the a
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S INTENTIONAL VFR TAKEOFF INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WHICH RESULTED IN SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND A LOSS OF CONTROL. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE THE WEATHER AND LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
