# NTSB CHI72DLQ12: Aeronca 7AC, N84852, Baxter, KY, August 22, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: August 22, 1971
- Place: Baxter, KY · BAXTER, KY
- Location: 36.8598° N, 83.3307° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baxter, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8598&lon=-83.3307&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report April 4, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162716
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72DLQ12
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72DLQ12

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3103  71/8/22    BAXTER,KY           AERONCA 7AC         CR-  0  2  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 4695
        TIME - 1800                    N84852              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      TOTAL HOURS, 240 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TUCKER-GUTHRIE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BAXTER,KY                   LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        REMARKS- STUDENT PLT SOLOED 14 MOS BFOR,HAD FLOWN 5-6 HRS SINCE. RAN OFF RWY INTO 50 FT GULLY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N84852](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84852-2013-03-07), registration cancelled 2013-03-07, S/N 7AC-3571, built 1946 (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&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Tucker-Guthrie

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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