14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Thursday, October 16, 2014 in Cordele, GA
Aircraft: AERONCA 7AC, registration: N946DR
Injuries: 1 Fatal,1 Serious.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators either traveled in support of this investigation or conducted a significant amount of investigative work without any travel, and used data obtained from various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On October 16, 2014, about 1230 eastern daylight time, an Aeronca 7AC airplane, N946DR, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain shortly after takeoff from Crisp County Cordele Airport (CKF), Cordele, Georgia. The private pilot was fatally injured and the passenger received serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The planned cross-country flight departed from CKF at 1230 and was destined for Peach State Airport (GA2), Williamson, Georgia. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.
According to witnesses, the accident airplane was the first of four airplanes to depart in sequence from runway 28, a 5,001-foot-long, 150-foot-wide, asphalt runway. The airplane lifted off from the runway about midfield and started a climb. After reaching about 150 feet above ground level, the airplane entered a gradual left turn that progressed into a steep turn and slight descent. The airplane then entered a nose down attitude before it impacted the ground, spun around and came to rest.
The airplane came to rest in a grass area in a flat attitude, on a southerly heading about 350 feet from the runway. All major components of the airplane were accounted for at the accident site. The wings remained attached to the fuselage; the right wing displayed both outboard and inboard leading edge crush damage and the inboard wood spar was broken at the fuselage. The inboard section of the left wing exhibited vertical crush damage. No damage was noted on the elevator and rudder control surfaces and the elevator trim tab was observed in the slight nose up position. Both propeller blades remained attached to the propeller hub. Blade A exhibited some chordwise scratches and curling at the blade tip. Blade B also displayed chordwise scratches and a slight bend at the blade tip. Examination of the accident site and wreckage revealed that the airplane right wing made contact with the ground before the airplane spun and came to rest.
Further postaccident examination of the airframe was conducted at a secure facility and fuel system continuity was confirmed from the wing tanks, through the fuel gascolater, to the engine. Flight control continuity was established from the control stick in the cockpit to the ailerons and elevator, and from the rudder pedals to the rudder.
Examination of the seat belt restraints revealed that the pilot's lab belt and shoulder harness had been cut by the first responder team.
The pilot held a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) private pilot certificate with a rating for airplane single-engine land. His most recent FAA second-class medical certificate was issued on December 11, 2013. At that time, he reported a total flight experience of 3,098 hours; of which, 88 hours were flown during the previous 6 months.
A handheld Garmin 396 global positioning system receiver was recovered from the cockpit and forwarded to the NTSB Vehicle Recorder Laboratory, Washington, DC, for download.
The engine was retained for further examination.
AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON TAKEOFF, THERE WERE 2 PERSONS ON BOARD, 1 WAS FATALLY INJURED, 1 SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, CORDELE, GA
Federal Aviation Administration Flight Standards District Office: FAA Atlanta FSDO-11
ST JULIEN JANICE C: http://registry.faa.gov/N946DR
Any witnesses should email witness@ntsb.gov, and any friends and family who want to contact investigators about the accident should email assistance@ntsb.gov.
CORDELE — A pilot is dead and his wife, who was his passenger, in critically injured after a small airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from a refueling stop Thursday at the Crisp County-Cordele Airport.
According to Crisp County Sheriff Billy Hancock, the Aeronca 7AC Champion aircraft, owned and piloted by Rene St. Julien, 61, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., was part of a four-plane group on its way to the Wings Over North Georgia air show in Rome. Hancock said the planes had stopped to refuel on their way from the Port St. Lucie area.
Around 12:35 p.m., all four planes took off. When the Aeronca 7AC Champion reached an altitude of 250-300 feet, it suddenly nosedived to the runway, killing St. Julien and injuring his wife and passenger, Jan St. Julien, Hancock said.
Responders from the Cordele and Crisp County fire departments and EMS worked to extricate Jan St. Julien from the wreckage, Hancock said, who was then airlifted to the Macon Medical Center for treatment. Officials said on Thursday her condition was critical.
“The Sheriff’s office took some of the other pilots to Macon so they could be close to her,” Hancock said. “Others are spending the night in Cordele.”
Hancock said representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration were at the crash scene Thursday afternoon and plan to meet with members of National Transportation Safety Board on Friday to begin an investigation of the crash.
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