# Incident 19830923063959I: Aronca 65TC, El Paso, TX, September 23, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1983, 16:10 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: West Texas
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29473, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29473) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 65-TC (registry code 0190902, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ARONCA 65TC
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 680 total, 30 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830923063959I

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED WHILE LANDING IN A CROSSWIND. DAMAGED THE LANDING GEAR AND WING.

## Other reports on N29473 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19820821039859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820821039859A), Aug 21, 1982: Aronca 65TC (N29473), Mira Loma, CA, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after engine quit due to fuel exhaustion.

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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