# Accident 20050612018699A: Aronca C3AERONCA, Toughenamon, PA, June 12, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2005, 15:45 local time
- Place: Toughenamon, PA
- Airport: New Garden Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8303° N, 75.7697° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8303&lon=-75.7697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13002, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca C-3 (registry code 0190302, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-c-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aeronca E113 series (registry code 01002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aeronca-e113-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ARONCA C3AERONCA
- Reported engine: ARONCA E113
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,700 total, 25 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050612018699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 12, 2005, APPROXIMATELY 1545 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, AN AERONCA C-3 CRASHED 200 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 24 AT NEW GARDEN AIRPORT (N57). THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXAMINED BY AN AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE A BROKEN CRANKSHAFT.

## 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 IAD05LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA076), Jun 12, 2005: Aeronca C-3 (N13002), Toughkenamon, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the crankshaft, which resulted in a forced landing and subsequent collision with wires. A factor was the wires.

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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