# NTSB NYC83LA101: Aeronca 7AC, N719, Millbrook, NY, April 23, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 23, 1983, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Millbrook, NY
- Coordinates: 41.780754, -73.689178 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7808&lon=-73.6892&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35176
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA101
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35176/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA101

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS USING RUNWAY 17 FOR TAKEOFF WHEN HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE ACFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND OVER AN EMBANKMENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N719](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N719), registered now, S/N 7AC-5630, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Registry model: [Champion 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7ac) (registry code 21101MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-658 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Hergin Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: 44N, Sky Acres, runway 17, 3,800 × 20 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 299 total, 6 in this make and model, 194 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19830423075399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830423075399A), Apr 23, 1983: Bbavia 7AC, Millbrook, NY, Destroyed. Directional control was lost on takeoff roll. Departed side of runway and went over an embankment.

## Other investigations on N719 (1)

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.

- [NTSB UNK64X2194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2194), Jun 9, 1964: Boeing 707 (N719), Los Angeles, CA, incident, minor damage

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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