# Accident 20020929028889A: Trytek 65C, Front Royal, VA, September 29, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2002, 14:25 local time
- Place: Front Royal, VA
- Airport: Front Royal/Warren Co Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9175° N, 78.2558° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9175&lon=-78.2558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24277, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24277-2013-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 65-C (registry code 0190920, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TRYTEK 65C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD02LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020929028889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ENROUTE FROM KATANA AIRPARK, MA (1B2), SUBJECT AIRCRAFT ENTERED A LEFT BASE-TO-FINAL TURN FOR RW 09 AT FRONT ROYAL AIRPORT, VA (FRR). THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED IN A LEFT-WING-DOWN TURN, THE PILOT ADDED POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 IAD02LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA097), Sep 29, 2002: Aeronca 65-C (N24277), Front Royal, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin. A factor was the airplane's proximity to the ground when the spin commenced.

## Other reports on N24277 (1)

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

- [Accident 19740518014779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740518014779A), May 18, 1974: Trytek 65C (N24277), Rocks State Pk, MD, Substantial damage. At low alt looking dwn and out l side window when acft struck trees.

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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