Aeronca 7AC N84399

Summary

On 6 June 1984 at about 18:00 local time, a Aeronca 7AC registered N84399 was involved in an accident near Patton, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 June 1984 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Patton, Pennsylvania, United States

Coordinates

40.6290, -78.6404

Aircraft

Aeronca 7AC

Registration

N84399

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Patton → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC84LA206

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ENG QUIT AT AN ALT OF 50-75 FT AFTER TAKEOFF. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A PLOWED FIELD. THE ACFT WAS REMOVED FROM THEFIELD AND EXAMINED BY A FAA AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR AT A LATER DATE. INSPECTION REVEALED THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY AND THEGASCOLATOR WAS BROKEN OFF. A SMALL AMT OF AUTOMOTIVE FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE CARBURETOR ALTHOUGH THE PLT STATED THE ACFT HAD BEEN REFUELED WITH AV-GAS. THE CARBURETOR AND MAGNETOS WERE BENCH TESTED AND FOUND TO OPERATE WITHIN MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.