# NTSB DIA68A0013: Aeronca 7AC, N85297, Harkers Is., NC, September 22, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 22, 1967
- Place: Harkers Is., NC · HARKERS IS., NC
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 8, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 114462
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA68A0013
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA68A0013

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0714  67/9/22    HARKERS IS.,NC      AERONCA 7AC         CR-  1  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 39, 75 TOTAL
        TIME - 1700                    N85297              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPE LOOKOUT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N85297](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85297-1969-08-12), registration cancelled 1969-08-12, S/N 7AC-4035, built 1946 (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: Cape Lookout

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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