# NTSB SEA66D0254: Aeronca 7AC, N82651, Kent, WA, March 25, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 25, 1966
- Place: Kent, WA · KENT, WA
- Location: 47.3809° N, 122.2348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kent, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3809&lon=-122.2348&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 16, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172699
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA66D0254
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66D0254

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0971  66/3/25    KENT WASH           AERONCA 7AC         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 19, 40 TOTAL
        TIME - 1400                    N82651              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KENT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- PARKED AIRCRAFT CESSNA 150 N6558F SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. PILOT PROPPED ENGINE, AIRCRAFT UNOCUPIECD
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N82651](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82651-1982-11-16), registration cancelled 1982-11-16, S/N 7AC-1293 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (registry code 2110102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Kent

## Other investigations on N82651 (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 SEA82DA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA128), Jul 24, 1982: Aeronca 7AC (N82651), Kent, WA, destroyed

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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