Aeronca 7BCM accident near Lake McMurray, WA
On July 16, 2022, an Aeronca 7BCM (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lake McMurray, WA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 16, 2022
- Place
- Lake McMurray, WA
- Aircraft
- Aeronca 7BCM · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 48.309°N, 122.255°W
- NTSB ID
- 20220717105489
Official records · WPR22FA255
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn July 16, 2022, about 0730 Pacific daylight time, an Aeronca 7BCM, N2588C, airplane was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Lake McMurray, Washington. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A concerned family member reported the airplane overdue to authorities and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an Alert Notice shortly afterwards; it indicated that the airplane departed from the vicinity of the Arlington Municipal Airport (AWO), Arlington, Washington, on a cross-country flight to Mears Field Airport (3W5) Concrete, Washington. A search for the airplane was initiated; the airplane wreckage was subsequently located about 27 miles southwest of 3W5 in heavily forested terrain about 950 ft mean sea level (msl) elevation. PERSONNEL INFORMATIONThe private pilot held ratings for airplane single-engine land and instrument airplane. The pilot was issued an FAA third-class airman medical certificate on December 29, 2016, with the following limitation: “Must wear corrective lenses for near and distant vision. Not valid for any class after December, 31, 2017.” The pilot reported on his most recent application that he had accumulated 2,280 total hours of flight experience with 20 hours in the 6 months before the examination. The pilot’s Medical Certificate expired for all classes in 2017. Subsequently, the pilot had applied for BasicMed. His BasicMed Course Date was April 21, 2018, and the Comprehensive Medical Examination Checklist date was December 11,
Probable cause
The pilot’s decision to continue visual flight into an area of instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of visual reference and subsequent controlled flight into terrain.
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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.
