ERA27LA024

NTSB accident investigation · Aeronca 7AC · Waynesville, OH · October 22, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
October 22, 2026, 21:50 UTC
Place
Waynesville, OH
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Standing
Aircraft
N2808EAeronca 7AC
Defining event
Standing-engine(s) start-up: Ground collision
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Eastern Region Aviation
Parties
FAA
Case key
204077

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Ground collisionStanding-engine(s) start-upAeronca 7AC: 2 casesAll aircraft: 620 casesDefining event

Aircraft

Registration
N2808E
Reported as
Aeronca 7AC
Category
Airplane
Serial number
7AC-6391
Airframe hours
530
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · November 1, 2025 · 20 hours before
Departed
I68 · Lebanon, OH
Destination
Same as departure
Airport
40I
Equipment
Handheld GPS

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
10° at 7 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
68 °F, dew point 43 °F
Altimeter
30.21 inHg
Observed at
KMGY, 7 nm away
METAR
METAR KMGY 222053Z AUTO 01007KT 10SM CLR 20/06 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP229 T02000056 55008