# NTSB MKC85LA004: Aeronca 7AC, N84654, Carlisle, AR, October 8, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 8, 1984, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Carlisle, AR
- Coordinates: 34.779933, -91.73999 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7799&lon=-91.7400&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33876
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA004
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33876/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA004

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, cruise
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - vehicle
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - complacency, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A PIECE OF FARM EQUIPMENT DURING A FORCE LANDING FOLLOWING ENGINE FAILURE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PLT WAS FLYING THE ACFT TO HAZEN, AR, TO SHOW IT TO HIS FATHER WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE FAILED TO REVEAL ANY REASON FOR THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE A LICENSE AND THE ACFT HAD LAST RECEIVED AN ANNUAL INSPECTION IN 1982.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N84654](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84654-1997-04-23), registration cancelled 1997-04-23, S/N 7AC3351 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (registry code 2110102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7AC
- Airframe hours: 2027
- Engines: CONTINENTAL 165-8 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Mikki Dunar
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 15, 1982, 10 hours before
- Departed: KEO, AR
- Destination: 6M0, HAZEN, AR
- Airport: 4M3, Carlisle Municipal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LIT, 20 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841008056919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841008056919A), Oct 8, 1984: Bbavia 7AC, Carlisle, AR, Substantial damage. Engine quit, emergency landing. No pilot certificate or medical. 22 months and 10 flight hours since last annual.

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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