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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Trytek 65-CA · Cayucos, CA · July 18, 1987

Date: July 18, 1987 · 11:00 local
Place: Cayucos, CA
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N36867
Reported as: Trytek 65CA
Reported engine: Continental A65*
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 164 total8 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

N36867Registered now · Aeronca 65-CAS/N C-17891 · Built 1941 Airframe modelAeronca 65-CA Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Attempted takeoff from a short precautionary landing site. Aircraft became airborne but pancaked into a hill.

As the FAA filed it

ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM A SHORT PRECAUTIONARY LANDING SITE. AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE BUT PANCAKED INTO A HILL.