# NTSB CHI66F0335: Aeronca 7AC, N84001, Poplar Plains, KY, October 3, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: October 3, 1965
- Place: Poplar Plains, KY · POPLAR PLAINS, KY
- Location: 38.3609° N, 83.6744° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Poplar Plains, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3609&lon=-83.6744&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 19, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175746
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66F0335
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66F0335

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2949   65/10/3   POPLAR PLAINS KY    AERONCA 7AC         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 410
        TIME - 1300                    N84001              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: MUSH                                              IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N84001](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84001-1965-11-17), registration cancelled 1965-11-17, S/N 7AC-2689 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Registry model: [Champion AERONCA 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-aeronca-7ac) (registry code 2110140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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