# NTSB UNK64X3549: Aeronca 7AC, N81971, Tillamook, OR, August 22, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 22, 1964
- Place: Tillamook, OR · TILLAMOOK, OR
- Location: 45.4561° N, 123.8331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tillamook, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4561&lon=-123.8331&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 16, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182719
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3549
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3549

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0866  64/8/22  NR.TILLAMOOK OREG     AERONCA 7AC         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 1109
        TIME - 0700                    N81971              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                              UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          ZERO                                                     FOG
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
           60                                                      CALM
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 08/22/64
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N81971](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81971-1973-05-07), registration cancelled 1973-05-07, S/N 7AC-596, built 1946 (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

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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