# NTSB ERA27LA024: Aeronca 7AC, N2808E, Waynesville, OH, October 22, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: October 22, 2026, 21:50 UTC
- Place: Waynesville, OH
- Coordinates: 39.505936, -84.121245
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5059&lon=-84.1212&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Standing-engine(s) start-up: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 204077
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA27LA024
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/204077/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA27LA024

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Standing-engine(s) start-up: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event); cases with it: [Aeronca 7AC, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=2110102), [All aircraft, 620 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2808E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2808E), registered now, S/N 7AC-6391 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (registry code 2110102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- 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

## 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

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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