# NTSB OAK73DVA36: Aeronca 7AC, N2566E, Auberry, CA, December 30, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 30, 1972
- Place: Auberry, CA · AUBERRY, CA
- Location: 37.0808° N, 119.4854° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Auberry, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0808&lon=-119.4854&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 1, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168546
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK73DVA36
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVA36

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2621  72/12/30   AUBERRY,CALIF       AERONCA 7AC         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 560
        TIME - 1530                    N2566E              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - AUBERRY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HAWTHORNE,NEV               AUBERRY,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
        REMARKS- 2000 FT DIRT STRIP,CALM WIND. LNDD TOO FAST.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2566E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2566E-1973-06-21), registration cancelled 1973-06-21, S/N 7AC-6149, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7BCM](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7bcm) (registry code 2110106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Auberry

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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