# Accident 20010728027549A: Amtr AERONCA, Charlestown, NY, July 28, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2001, 18:30 local time
- Place: Charlestown, NY
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8011° N, 74.2608° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8011&lon=-74.2608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1049Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1049Y-2001-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca S-65-CA (registry code 0190928, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-s-65-ca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AERONCA
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD01FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01FA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010728027549A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) AIRCRAFT STRUCK ELECTRICAL WIRES CAME TO REST INVERTED IN SHALLOW WATER. PILOT AND PASSENGER DECEASED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 IAD01FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01FA086), Jul 28, 2001: Aeronca S-65-CA (N1049Y), Esperance, NY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate decision and his failure to maintain obstacle clearance. Contributing factors are a transmission wire and the pilot's intentional low pass.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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