# NTSB Accident CHI04LA061
> **Aeronca 7AC** · 2004-01-24 · Prairieville, MI, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI04LA061
- **Event ID:** 20040209X00175
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-01-24
- **Location:** Prairieville, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.483333, -85.533332
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Aeronca
- **Model:** 7AC
- **Registration:** N1087E
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from the transmission wires during final approach.  Factors to the accident were the unmarked transmission wires and their support poles.

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