# NTSB UNK64X1660: Aeronca 7BCM, N1145V, Truro Beach, MA, May 7, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 7, 1964
- Place: Truro Beach, MA · TRURO BEACH, MA
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 25, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185043
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1660
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1660

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0372   64/5/7    TRURO BEACH MASS    AERONCA 7BCM        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1000
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N1145V              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- PILOTS BODY FOUND IN OCEAN AIRCRAFT MISSING
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1145V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1145V-2017-02-04), registration cancelled 2017-02-04, S/N 7BCM-193, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7BCM
- Registry model: [Aeronca 7BCM](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7bcm) (registry code 2110106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: 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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