# NTSB CHI65A0090: Aeronca 7AC, N84981, East Troy, WI, April 10, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 10, 1965
- Place: East Troy, WI · EAST TROY, WI
- Location: 42.7852° N, 88.3956° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Troy, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7852&lon=-88.3956&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 30, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179811
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI65A0090
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI65A0090

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0124  65/4/10    EAST TROY WIS       AERONCA 7AC         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 45, 57 TOTAL
        TIME - 1630                    N84981              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - EAST TROY MUN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N84981](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84981-1965-07-21), registration cancelled 1965-07-21, S/N 7AC-3705 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (registry code 2110102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: East Troy Mun

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