# NTSB ANC66F0105: Aeronca 7AC, N81660, Clear, AK, May 8, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 8, 1966
- Place: Clear, AK · CLEAR, AK
- Location: 64.3003° N, 149.1332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clear Space Force Station, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.3003&lon=-149.1332&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 25, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171711
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC66F0105
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC66F0105

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1278   66/5/8    CLEAR ALAS          AERONCA 7AC         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 34,
        TIME - 2100                    N81660              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  21 TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        REMARKS- LANDED OPPOSITE NIGHT CLUB ON UNLIGHTED ROAD AT NIGHT IN RAIN.NO EMERGENCY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N81660](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81660-2017-02-04), registration cancelled 2017-02-04, S/N 7AC-276, built 1945 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (registry code 2110102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C75 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (registry code 17005, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Clear Sky Lodge

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.

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