# NTSB Accident CHI96FA290
> **Aeronca 11AC** · 1996-08-09 · CHARLOTTE, MI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI96FA290
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06426
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-08-09
- **Location:** CHARLOTTE, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.559803, -84.829475
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Aeronca
- **Model:** 11AC
- **Registration:** N85825
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's improper use of engine controls (carburetor heat and/or throttle), while making a relatively high speed approach, low pass, and pull-up, which resulted in partial loss of engine power; and failure of the pilot to maintain sufficient airspeed after the partial loss of power, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin.  The lack of an accelerator pump in the carburetor may have been a related factor.

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