# Incident 20180131001749I: Aeronca 7AC, Sisseton, SD, January 31, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2018, 14:00 local time
- Place: Sisseton, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6625° N, 97.0453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sisseton, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6625&lon=-97.0453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85133, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85133) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 650 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180131001749I

## Narrative

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

ON 1/31/2018 AT 1400 CDT A 1946 AERONCA 7C CHAMP OPERATED BY PRIVATE PILOT WAS IN NORMAL FLIGHT DURING A PERSONAL RETURNING FROM MORRIS, MN. THERE WAS A SLIGHT HAZE AND VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, NOSE COWL AND PROPELLER, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES WHEN THE PILOT STRUCK A POWERLINE. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MORRIS, MN ON 1/31/2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 CDT.

## Other reports on N85133 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19750518013479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750518013479A), May 18, 1975: Blanca 7AC (N85133), Canton, SD, Substantial damage. Plt vis EST abt 5 gal fuel on board bfr tkof. Airborne abt 50MIN.

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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