Aeronca 7AC accident near Lakeville, MN
On June 24, 2000, an Aeronca 7AC (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lakeville, MN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 24, 2000
- Place
- Lakeville, MN
- Aircraft
- Aeronca 7AC · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 44.671°N, 93.240°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X21166
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 23, 2000, about 2030 central daylight time, an Aeronca 7AC, N81681, sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain west of the approach end of runway 12 (4,098 feet by 75 feet, dry asphalt) at Airlake Airport (LVN), near Lakeville, Minnesota. The commercial rated front seat pilot was fatally injured and the commercial rated rear seat occupant was seriously injured. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not on a flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The local flight originated from LVN about 2015 and was performing an approach to runway 12 at the time of the accident. A witness stated, "... I observed the involved aircraft flying several approaches to what I assume were touch and go landings. I could not see the runway, so the touch and gos are an assumption. The approaches were made to the southeast runway at Airlake from a right traffic pattern. I don't know the runway heading, but would guess that it is about 110-120 degrees. The wind was fairly strong, blowing from what appeared to be nearly straight south. It seemed to me that the downwind leg was being flown quite close to the runway, and that the downwind altitude seemed possibly lower than normal. As the aircraft turned to a base leg, the groundspeed increased, making the wings level portion of the base leg to be of short duration, with a turn to the runway started quickly. I estimate that the bank did not exceed 30-35 degrees during most turns to final. On several of these approaches, I noticed that the nose would rise to above level flig
Probable cause
the pilot not maintaining aircraft control and the stall/spin she encountered during the approach on base to final. A factor was the pilot passenger not detecting the remedial action needed to correct the aircraft's nose up attitude during the approach.
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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.
