# NTSB FTW68D0143: Aeronca 7DC, N84057, Pearsall, TX, July 29, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 29, 1967
- Place: Pearsall, TX · PEARSALL, TX
- Location: 28.8929° N, 99.0972° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pearsall, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8929&lon=-99.0972&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115042
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW68D0143
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW68D0143

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2605  67/7/29    PEARSALL,TEX        AERONCA 7DC         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 19, 15 TOTAL
        TIME - 1730                    N84057              PX-  0  0  1  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PEARSALL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        REMARKS- FIRST SOLO FLITE.PLT LANDED ON NARROW ROAD.     D.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N84057](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84057-2020-02-28), registration cancelled 2020-02-28, S/N 7AC-2744, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7DC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7DC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7dc) (registry code 2110116) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pearsall

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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