# NTSB DEN66A0011: Aeronca 7AC, N81719, Chandler, AZ, July 23, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 23, 1965
- Place: Chandler, AZ · CHANDLER, AZ
- Location: 33.3062° N, 111.8413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3062&lon=-111.8413&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 1, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177265
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN66A0011
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66A0011

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0624  65/7/23  NR.CHANDLER ARIZ      AERONCA 7AC         CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 294
        TIME - 0900                    N81719              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 244 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SAUNDERS STRIP
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N81719](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81719-1965-09-21), registration cancelled 1965-09-21, S/N 7AC-338 (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: Saunders Strip

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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