Single-engine piston

N1846E

1946 Aeronca 7 Champion AC

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
1946
Serial
7AC-5413
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental A&C65 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Blue Northern Sky Flute LLC (LLC)
Based
Hinckley, IL
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Registration record

N1846E on the FAA register

Type
1946 Aeronca 7 Champion AC (FAA: Aeronca 7AC)
Serial
7AC-5413
Engines
Continental A&C65 series
Registered owner
Blue Northern Sky Flute LLC
Hinckley, IL
Certificate issued
2024-07-23
Airworthiness date
1975-09-02
Registration expires
2031-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard
Mode S (hex)
A152B7
Mode S (octal)
50251267
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-06-07
    Accident at Waterman, IL; damage: substantial.
  • 2024-07-23
    Certificate of registration issued as N1846E.
  • 1975-09-02
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category).
  • 1946
    Manufactured (1946).
Overview

About N1846E

N1846E is a 1946 Aeronca 7 Champion AC (FAA model 7AC), serial number 7AC-5413. The FAA register lists Blue Northern Sky Flute LLC as the registrant in Hinckley, Illinois. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 23, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Continental A&C65 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category, dated September 2, 1975.

N1846E has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: substantial); details are below.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2025-06-07 Accident · Waterman, IL Damage: Substantial Fatal injury NTSB · CEN25FA198
Reported aircraft: Aeronca 7AC
Preliminary report: On June 7, 2025, about 1459 central daylight time, an Aeronca 7AC airplane, N1846E, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Waterman, Illinois. The pilot was fatally injured, and the passenger was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to witness reports, the pilot took his 3-year-old grandson for a ride to drop a homemade parachute made from a 16 ounce water bottle in a plastic grocery bag suspended below a homemade parachute made from black plastic. The parachute was dropped and the pilot reported over the radio that he was coming back around to see where the parachute landed.…
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Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.