# NTSB MIA69D0123: Aeronca 7ECA, N11043, Cedartown, GA, July 21, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: July 21, 1968
- Place: Cedartown, GA · CEDARTOWN, GA
- Location: 34.0232° N, 85.2484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedartown, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0232&lon=-85.2484&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 8, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109327
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA69D0123
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA69D0123

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2562  68/7/21    CEDARTOWN,GA        AERONCA 7ECA        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 311
        TIME - 1815                    N11043              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - POLK COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N11043](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11043-1970-06-19), registration cancelled 1970-06-19, S/N 7ECA47, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7ECA
- Registry model: [Champion 7ECA](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (registry code 21101NN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Polk County

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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