# NTSB NYC86FA182: Aeronca 7AC, N84854, Durhamville, NY, July 11, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 11, 1986, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Durhamville, NY
- Coordinates: 43.119304, -75.670059 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1193&lon=-75.6701&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30194
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86FA182
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30194/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA182

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, takeoff
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RWY 35 AT KAMP AIRPORT, CLIMBED TO ABOUT 200 FEET, TURNED RIGHT, STALLED AND CRASHED VERTICALLY INTO THE GROUND. A WITNESS SAID THAT THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED, AND THEN STOPPED. NO PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION/FAILURE WAS DETERMINED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N84854](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84854-2013-07-03), registration cancelled 2013-07-03, S/N 7AC-3573, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (registry code 2110102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7AC-3573
- Airframe hours: 2275
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A65 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Kamp Airport,Inc.
- Registered owner: Kamp Airport, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 11, 1986
- Airport: NK03, Kamp, runway 35, 3,750 × 80 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,512 total, 1,411 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: UCA, 12 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 19860711086619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860711086619A), Jul 11, 1986: Bbavia STC7, Durhamville, NY, Destroyed. The engine failed on takeoff. The aircraft spun into the ground. Proper compression check had not been performed.

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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