Accident Aeronca 7AC Champion N84462, Friday 7 November 2014
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Date:Friday 7 November 2014
Time:09:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic CH7A model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aeronca 7AC Champion
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N84462
MSN: 7AC-3161
Year of manufacture:1946
Total airframe hrs:7565 hours
Engine model:Continental C85
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:South of Darby, Montana -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The plane force landed to a field and struck a wheel move sprinkler irrigation system. Both occupants were seriously injured.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: WPR15LA036
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://helenair.com/news/local/plane-crash-reported-near-darby-on-board-survive/article_f752ebfd-fdcb-508a-9d8f-e592ad2e26cc.html
http://missoulian.com/news/local/updated-plane-crash-reported-near-darby-on-board-survive/article_34dce89d-2015-56e6-893b-3689aec51392.html
http://nbcmontana.com/news/slideshow-small-plane-crash-south-of-darby/29602138
https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N84462
http://web.archive.org/web/20141125164905/http://www.asias.faa.gov:80/pls/apex/f?p=100:95:0::NO::P95_EVENT_LCL_DATE,P95_LOC_CITY_NAME,P95_REGIST_NBR:07-NOV-14,DARBY,N84462

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Nov-2014 19:02 gerard57 Added
07-Nov-2014 19:56 Geno Updated [Time, Location, Source, ]
08-Nov-2014 02:02 Geno Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ]
10-Nov-2014 19:00 Geno Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, ]
21-Dec-2016 19:28 ASN Update Bot Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ]

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