# Accident 19810409015759A: Aronca 65TAL, West Olive, MI, April 9, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1981, 19:40 local time
- Place: West Olive, MI
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9214° N, 86.1464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Olive, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9214&lon=-86.1464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36878, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36878-1982-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 65-TAL (registry code 0190918, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-tal) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ARONCA 65TAL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810409015759A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING TURN FROM DOWNWIND TO BASE. WITNESSES STATED AIRPLANE WAS SPINNING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI81FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA044), Apr 9, 1981: Aeronca 65-TAL (N36878), West Olive, MI, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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