# NTSB UNK64X2006: Aeronca 7AC, N1537E, Medaryville, IN, May 29, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 29, 1964
- Place: Medaryville, IN · MEDARYVILLE, IN
- Location: 41.0804° N, 86.8905° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medaryville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0804&lon=-86.8905&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 28, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183762
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2006
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2006

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1466  64/5/29    MEDARYVILLE IND     AERONCA 7AC         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 23, 62 TOTAL
        TIME - 1350                    N1537E              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1537E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1537E), registered now, S/N 7AC-5100, 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&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial 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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