# NTSB SEA73DYE11: Aeronca 11AC, N4495E, Edmonds, WA, August 18, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: August 18, 1972
- Place: Edmonds, WA · EDMONDS, WA
- Location: 47.8136° N, 122.3533° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edmonds, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8136&lon=-122.3533&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 12, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167908
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA73DYE11
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73DYE11

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3118  72/8/18    EDMONDS,WASH        AERONCA 11AC        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 24, 93 TOTAL
        TIME - 1300                    N4495E              PX-  0  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LAKE UNION,WASH             EDMONDS,WASH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.PAX STEPPED OUT OF ACFT ONTO LEFTFLOAT AND WAS HIT BY PROP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4495E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4495E-2017-07-20), registration cancelled 2017-07-20, S/N 11CC-228, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 11AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 11CC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11cc) (registry code 0191110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage

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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