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CHI86FEX02

1985-10-08 · EVANSVILLE, Indiana, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N7C has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (AMERICAN AVIATION AA-1A, built 1972), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING THE PLT PERFORMING AEROBATICS AND FLYING LOW IN AN AREA NEAR HIS PARENT'S HOME. THE ACFT WAS THEN SEEN TO ENTER A STEEP RIGHT BANK DURING WHICH, WITNESSES STATED, THE ENG SPUTTERED AND QUIT. THE ACFT THEN PITCHED DOWN AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN AT A HIGH SPEED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_CHI86FEX02.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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