# NTSB DEN72FTM09: Aeronca 7AC, N81718, Woods Cross, UT, February 17, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 17, 1972
- Place: Woods Cross, UT · WOODS CROSS, UT
- Location: 40.8729° N, 111.9175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woods Cross, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8729&lon=-111.9175&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 6, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165428
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN72FTM09
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN72FTM09

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3956  72/2/17    WOODS CROSS,UT      AERONCA 7AC         CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1605                    N81718              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 28, 957 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            355 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SALT LAKE SKYPARK
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WOODS CROSS,UT              LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        REMARKS- EVIDENCE OF SPOT OR TACK WELDS FWD ATTACH LUG.REF AC43.13-1.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N81718](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81718-2017-02-04), registration cancelled 2017-02-04, S/N 7AC-337, built 1945 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Registry model: [Champion AERONCA 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-aeronca-7ac) (registry code 2110140) (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: Salt Lake Skypark

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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