# NTSB UNK65X0524: Aeronca 7AC, N81481, Greenville, MS, November 1, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 1, 1964
- Place: Greenville, MS · GREENVILLE, MS
- Location: 33.3833° N, 91.0521° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3833&lon=-91.0521&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report January 29, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184151
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0524
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0524

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0787   64/11/1 NR.GREENVILLE MIS     AERONCA 7AC         CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             STUDENT, AGE 42, 100
        TIME - 1610                    N81481              PX-  1  1  0  OTHER                     TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        REMARKS- PILOT WAS CHASING BIRDS OFF OF HIS RICE CROP
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N81481](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81481-1964-11-24), registration cancelled 1964-11-24, S/N 7AC-99 (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: 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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