# NTSB Accident CHI96LA023
> **AERONCA 7AC** · 1995-10-29 · LAPEER, MI, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI96LA023
- **Event ID:** 20001207X04676
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1995-10-29
- **Location:** LAPEER, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.040515, -83.319427
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** AERONCA
- **Model:** 7AC
- **Registration:** N84124
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

fuel exhaustion resulting in engine failure, the inadvertant stall, and improper decision by the pilot to attempt a large heading change at low altitude and airspeed.  A factor relating to this accident is no fuel quantity gage installed in the airplane.

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