# NTSB MIA68A0010: Aeronca 7BCM, N81791, Albany, GA, July 19, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 19, 1967
- Place: Albany, GA · ALBANY, GA
- Location: 31.5785° N, 84.1557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albany, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5785&lon=-84.1557&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 13, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115839
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA68A0010
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68A0010

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0536  67/7/19    ALBANY,GA           AERONCA 7BCM        CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 438
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N81791              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NAS ALBANY,GA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL -   19                       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING FORESTS
          KIND OF CROP - MOSQUITO CONTROL                          TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    GLOVES - NOT USED
          GOGGLES - NOT USED                                       CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED                         CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED
          TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT                                 ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  282
                        SWAMPY/WATER
          SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-7/19/67. MOSQUITO CONTROL FLT. ACFT CRASHED IN SWAMP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N81791](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81791-1970-06-24), registration cancelled 1970-06-24, S/N 7AC-414 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7BCM
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (registry code 2110102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Nas Albany,Ga

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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