Accident · 1998-07-31
What the record says
- Event date
- 1998-07-31
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Aeronca 15AC (N1083H)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Lechner, Burdette J Matched by aircraft (N-number)
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation and compensation for wind conditions. Factors associated with the accident are wind gusts, a sudden windshift to a tailwind, the pilot's failure to abort the takeoff, and an inadvertent stall/mush.
Source: NTSB case ANC98LA113Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.