# N84424: Aeronca 7AC, registration cancelled 2000-09-01

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 1, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (registry code 2110102)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A-759](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-759) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 7AC-3122
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: August 4, 1978
- Last registry action: December 6, 1997
- Mode S code: AB9170
- Owner when cancelled: [Mellak Michael C](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MELLAK%20MICHAEL%20C)
- Location: [Cook, MN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MN/Cook)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 47.8405° N, 92.8572° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 55723, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84424
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=84424
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84424-2000-09-01

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Aeronca 7AC: https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI00FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA107), Apr 8, 2000: Aeronca 7AC (N84424), Embarrass, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the inadvertent stall/spin the pilot encountered. A factor was the wind gusts.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20000408009919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000408009919A), Apr 8, 2000: Bbavia 7AC (N84424), Embarrass, MN, No damage, 1 fatal. (-23) On April 8, 2000 at 1343 CDT, an Aeronca 7AC, N84424, operated by private pilot, michael mellak, wes destroyed on impact with terrain and the post…

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