# NTSB UNK65X0148: Aeronca 7AC, N1388E, Amarillo, TX, October 4, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 4, 1964
- Place: Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 18, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181761
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0148
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0148

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0736   64/10/4   AMARILLO TEX        AERONCA 7AC         CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 22,
        TIME - 1048                    N1388E              PX-  0  0  0  DEMONSTRATION             155 TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, UNK/NR
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
        REMARKS- IMPROPER SPIN RECOVERY PILOT MED AND STUD CERT  EXPIRED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1388E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1388E-1964-10-22), registration cancelled 1964-10-22, S/N 7AC-4949, 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

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