# NTSB DIA69F0046: Aeronca 7CCM, N83249, Abingdon, VA, July 6, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 6, 1968
- Place: Abingdon, VA · ABINGDON, VA
- Location: 36.7067° N, 81.9716° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Abingdon, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7067&lon=-81.9716&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 20, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109437
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA69F0046
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA69F0046

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2309   68/7/6    ABINGDON,VA         AERONCA 7CCM        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 116
        TIME - 1725                    N83249              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 71 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - VA.HIGHLANDS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS
        REMARKS- STRUCK 2 PARKED CARS. MANNER IN WHICH PX INTERFERED WITH CONTROLS UNREPORTED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N83249](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83249), registered now, S/N 7AC-1912, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7CCM
- Registry model: [Champion 7CCM](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7ccm) (registry code 21101MW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Va.Highlands

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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