# NTSB NYC86FA140: Aeronca 7AC, N82079, Chaumont, NY, June 5, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 4, 1986, 19:05 local (Jun 5, 1986, 00:05 UTC)
- Place: Chaumont, NY
- Coordinates: 44.060478, -76.130218 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0605&lon=-76.1302&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30191
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86FA140
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30191/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA140

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, unknown
  - fuel system - contamination (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Loss of control - in flight, descent - emergency
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PILOT DEPARTED HIS PRIVATE STRIP AND CRASHED ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. OVER 50 PER CENT OF THE FLUID IN THE CARBURETOR WAS A CONTAMINANT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N82079](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82079-1994-05-18), registration cancelled 1994-05-18, S/N 7AC705 (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-705
- Airframe hours: 2694
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A-65-8 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Harry W. Gould, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 10, 1985, 23 hours before
- Departed: THREE MILE BAY, NY

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; toxicology performed; flight hours: 836 total, 798 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ART, 10 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 19860604021779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860604021779A), Jun 4, 1986: Bbavia 7AC, Chaumont, NY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The aircraft stalled into the ground. Suspect engine failure from fuel contaminated by water and rust.

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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