# NTSB SEA67F0146: Aeronca 7AC, N82802, North Bend, OR, August 14, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 14, 1966
- Place: North Bend, OR · NORTH BEND, OR
- Location: 43.4072° N, 124.2345° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Bend, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4072&lon=-124.2345&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 10, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 121350
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA67F0146
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA67F0146

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4175  66/8/14    NORTH BEND OREG     AERONCA 7AC         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 44, 205
        TIME - 2000                    N82802              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH BEND MUNI.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  APPROACHING DARKNESS
        REMARKS- NITE DOWNWIND TAXI AT HIGH SPD ON RWY,ACFT,WITHOUT TAXI OR LDG LITES,RAN OFF APP END RWY INTO SAND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N82802](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82802), registered now, S/N 7AC-1449, 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&C75 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (registry code 17005, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: North Bend Muni.

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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