# Accident 20250805015169A: Aeronca 7AC, Willow, AK, August 5, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2025, 17:07 local time
- Place: Willow, AK
- Airport: Willow
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.7519° N, 150.0492° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7519&lon=-150.0492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84726, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84726) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 84 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250805015169A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND APPROXIMATLY 75 FEET LEFT OF THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY, WITH THE LEFT WING FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE AT A NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT. AIRCRAFT SHOWED CLASSIC HALLMARKS OF A STALL SPIN WITH THE TAIL SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BENT AND TWISTED. INVESTIGATED SCENE WITH NTSB IIC, ESTABLISED CONTROL CONTINUITY AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE. ATENDED ENGINE INVESTIGATION AND ENGINE DID NOT SHOW ANY SIGNS OF PREACCIDENT FAILURE. INSPECTION OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM DID NOT SHOW ANY SIGNS OF CRACKS OR EXHAUST LEAKING.  PILOTS SHOULDER HARNESS RIPPED ALL THE STITCHING OUT LEADING TO FAILURE OF THE PILOTS HARNESS. HARNESS SENT TO THE NTSB SURVIVAL LAB FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. INTERVIEWED PILOT, THEY HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF ANYTHING AFTER SITITNG A THE RUNUP PAD FOR TAKE OFF UNTILL THEY ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

## 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 ANC25LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA084), Aug 6, 2025: Aeronca 7AC (N84726), Willow, AK, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N84726 (1)

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

- [Accident 19790513021269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790513021269A), May 13, 1979: Blanca 7AC (N84726), Justin, TX, Substantial damage. Made low level turn shortly after takeoff. Lost control of acft. Possible buzzing operation.

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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