# Accident 20191017023799A: Aeronca 7AC, Green Bay, WI, October 17, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2019, 16:50 local time
- Place: Green Bay, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4228° N, 87.9359° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4228&lon=-87.9359&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82308, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82308-2020-01-15) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A75-8F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,886 total, 26 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20FA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191017023799A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 17, 2019 N82308 AN AERONCA 7AC WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A PICKUP TRUCK THAT WAS WESTBOUND ON COUNTY HIGHWAY MM WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT MARTINS AERODROME (WI78), DEPERE, WISCONSIN.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WERE FATALLY INJURED.

THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE TRUCK AND WEDGED ITSELF ON TOP OF THE PICK UP TRUCK. THE PILOT WAS EJECTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE PICKUP TRUCK DEPARTED THE ROAD AND SIDESWIPED A TELEPHONE POLE. THE TRUCK CONTINUED THOUGH A NEIGHBORING YARD WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP.

NO MECHANICAL IRREGULARITIES WERE NOTED DURING THE ON SCENE INVESTIGATION AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD COMPLETED AN ANNUAL INSPECTION EARLIER IN THE DAY.

## 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 CEN20FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20FA008), Oct 17, 2019: Aeronca 7AC (N82308), Green Bay, WI, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s low final approach path and his failure to see and avoid a truck traveling on a roadway, which resulted in a collision with the truck.

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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