NTSB SEA94LA239 — 1994-09-13 · NAMPA, Idaho, United States

Current FAA registration · N85564

Make / Model: AERONCA 7AC
Year of manufacture: 1946 · 48 years old at event
Engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines: 2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19560404
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S ABBD32

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N85564 Aeronca 7AC None

Probable cause & findings

DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS NOT MAINTAINED. A FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION.

Factual narrative

On September 13, 1994, at 1050 mountain daylight time, an Aeronca 7AC, N85564, nosed over during the landing roll at the Nampa Municipal Airport, Nampa, ID. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local instructional flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the private pilot and flight instructor were not injured. The flight instructor reported that the purpose of the flight was to check out the private pilot in a tailwheel airplane. During the landing roll on runway 29, with the private pilot at the controls, the airplane began to swerve to the right. Left rudder control was applied, however, the airplane exited the side of the runway into the soft soil and nosed over. DURING THE LANDING ROLL ON A LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO SWERVE TO THE RIGHT. LEFT RUDDER CONTROL WAS APPLIED; HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE SOFT SOIL AND NOSED OVER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1994_SEA94LA239.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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