# NTSB UNK64X1515: Aeronca 7AC, N1384E, Green Ridge, NY, April 29, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 29, 1964
- Place: Green Ridge, NY · GREEN RIDGE, NY
- Location: 40.5612° N, 74.1699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenridge, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5612&lon=-74.1699&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 1, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185077
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1515
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1515

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0864  64/4/29    GREEN RIDGE NY      AERONCA 7AC         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 475
        TIME - 1840                    N1384E              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STATEN ISLAND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1384E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1384E-1965-05-25), registration cancelled 1965-05-25, S/N 7AC-4945 (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: Destroyed
- Airport: Staten Island

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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