- Date
- September 24, 2026, 09:53 local (16:53 UTC)
- Place
- Hesperia, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N12DFAeronca 7AC
- Defining event
- Unknown: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Case key
- 203867
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12DF
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- 13 nm away
Other investigations on N12DF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.