# Accident 20250410005349A: Aeronca 7AC, Cape Fair, MO, April 10, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2025, 09:13 local time
- Place: Cape Fair, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7323° N, 93.5737° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7323&lon=-93.5737&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83952, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83952-2026-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 281 total, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250410005349A

## Narrative

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

WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT MADE TWO LOW-ALTITUDE PASSES OVER THE PILOT'S PROPERTY. ON THE THIRD PASS, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWERLINES WHICH EXTENDED ACROSS A RAVINE.  THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY CRASHED INTO THE WOODED RAVINE BELOW THE POWERLINES. GPS DATA AND WITNESS MARKS ON THE POWERLINES, TREES, AND AIRCRAFT CONFIRM THIS SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. A POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND NO PRE-IMPACT ANOMALIES THAT WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN25FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA151), Apr 10, 2025: Aeronca 7AC (N83952), Cape Fair, MO, substantial damage, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

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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