# Accident 20250320005199A: Aeronca 7CCM, Kenai, AK, March 20, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2025, 13:50 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5599° N, 151.1672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5599&lon=-151.1672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2527B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2527B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7CCM (registry code 2110110, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ccm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7CCM
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90-8F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250320005199A

## Narrative

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

FROM PILOT'S STATEMENT:

"DEPARTED PASX WITH 1/2 TANK NOSE FUEL. TURNED OFF RIGHT TANK TRANSFER. DEPARTED, JUST HAD RECEIVED TRANSITION CLEARANCE FROM KENAI TOWER TO SALARNAUT OF LAKE AND LOST POWER. VERIFIED FUEL LEVEL AT 1/2, ATTEMPTED RESTART TWICE WHILE MAKING 360° LOOKING TURN/SEARCHING. MADE FINAL APPROACH ON ONTO SMALL TRML IN THE MUSKEG/UNABLE TO MAKE TURN INTO WIND AS TOO LOW. LANDED DOWNWIND, STRUCK SMALL SPRUCE, CLIPPED TREE AND PIVOTED OFF TO THE SOUTH."

## 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 ANC25LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA026), Mar 20, 2025: Aeronca 7CCM (N2527B), Kenai, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to carburetor icing as a result of the pilot’s inadequate use of carburetor heat.

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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