# Accident 20050513009539A: Trytek 65CA, Sanborn, NY, May 13, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2005, 11:30 local time
- Place: Sanborn, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1363° N, 78.8870° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1363&lon=-78.8870&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34482, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34482-2014-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 65-CA (registry code 0190922, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-ca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TRYTEK 65CA
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,034 total, 130 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050513009539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 13, 2005, AT 1130 EDT, A AERONCA CHIEF, N34482 REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ LOST POWER AFTER TAKE OFF AND LANDED IN A WOODED AREA NEAR A PRIVATE AIRFIELD OWNED BY THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE ON A FLIGHT TO NORTH BUFFALO SUBURBAN AIRPORT (0G0). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFIED PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. FOR FURTHER COMMENTS, SEE ATTACHMENT.

## 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 IAD05LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA062), May 13, 2005: Aeronca 65 (N34482), Sanborn, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight preparation, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, and subsequent loss of engine power during cruise flight.

## Other reports on N34482 (1)

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

- [Accident 19980629015269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980629015269A), Jun 29, 1998: Trytek 65CA (N34482), Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. (.19) On June 29, 1998, at 1005 hours mountain standard time, an Aeronca chief 65-CA, N34482, struck the lights at the end of the runway at the Deer valley…

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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