# NTSB DEN66D0108: Aeronca 7AC, N83376, Boulder City, NV, July 5, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 5, 1965
- Place: Boulder City, NV · BOULDER CITY, NV
- Location: 35.9786° N, 114.8325° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boulder City, NV, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9786&lon=-114.8325&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 28, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176730
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN66D0108
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66D0108

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2703   65/7/5    BOULDER CITY NEV    AERONCA 7AC         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 23, 22 TOTAL
        TIME - 0810                    N83376              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- HAND PROPPED ENGINE WITH AIRCRAFT UNOCCUPIED. AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N83376](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83376-1965-10-29), registration cancelled 1965-10-29, S/N 7AC-2043 (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

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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