Aeronca 7AC N82308

Summary

On 17 October 2019 at about 21:50 local time, a Aeronca 7AC registered N82308 was involved in an accident near Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States. 2 people were on board and one died. One person on the ground also died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 October 2019 at 21:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Martins Aerodrome (WI78)

Coordinates

44.4228, -87.9359

Aircraft

Aeronca 7AC

Registration

N82308

Category

Airplane

Year built

1946

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Neenah → Green Bay

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN20FA008

1 person died, including 1 on the ground.

The pilot’s low final approach path and his failure to see and avoid a truck traveling on a roadway, which resulted in a collision with the truck.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot was on short final approach for landing to the grass runway. The south end of the runway was bordered by an east-west oriented road; witnesses on this road and dashboard camera video from another vehicle confirmed that the airplane was flying about 5 ft above the ground when it collided with the front left side of a westbound truck. The airplane became lodged on top of the truck and they continued off the right side of the road, through a ditch, and came to rest in a residential front yard. The pilot and driver were both fatally injured during the accident sequence. A postaccident examination of the airplane did not reveal any mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. There were several propeller slash marks on the front left side of the truck, consistent with the propeller rotating during the collision. There was no evidence of tire skid marks on the road and none of the witnesses reported any evasive maneuvers by the airplane; therefore, it is likely that neither the pilot nor the driver was aware of the impending collision. Additionally, there was no roadway signage warning of low-flying aircraft.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.