Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary ANC87LA096

MCNEIL COVE, AK, USA

Aircraft #1

N4322E

AERONCA 7AC

Analysis

THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE FLYING AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET ABOVE THE WATER NEAR THE SHORELINE WHEN THE PILOT MADE A STEEP LEFT CLIMBING TURN. THE AIRPLANE STALLED AND CRASHED INTO THE WATER. THE PILOT WAS NOT RATED TO FLY SEAPLANES. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS/FAILURES WERE FOUND.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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