# Accident 20130323003969A: Aeronca 65-C, Grand Rapids, MN, March 23, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2013, 13:30 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1033° N, 93.4531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1033&lon=-93.4531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21301, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21301) (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: AERONCA 65-C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,403 total, 6 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA224) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130323003969A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR WAS CONDUCTING FLIGHT TRAINING AND HAD JUST DEMONSTRATED LEFT AND RIGHT SLIPS.  ABOUT 10 SECONDS LATER, THE ENGINE COMPLETELY STOPPED OPERATING AND THE PROPELLER STOPPED ROTATING ABOUT 5-10 SECONDS AFTER THAT.

THEY WERE ABOUT 700FT AGL AND THE INSTRUCTOR PITCHED THE AIRCRAFT FOR BEST GLIDE AND ACTIVATED CARB HEAT AND ASKED THE STUDENT TO CHECK THAT THE MAGNETOS WERE ON BOTH AND THAT THE PRIMER WAS IN AND LOCKED.

BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO STARTER SYSTEM, ONCE THE PROPELLER STOPPED SPINNING, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE WHILE AIRBORNE.

THE INSTRUCTOR SELECTED AN OPEN AREA ON A FROZEN LAKE AS HIS EMERGENCY LANDING SITE.  UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED AND FLIPPED ONTO ITS BACK, CAUSING MINOR EXTERNAL DAMAGE.

## 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 CEN13CA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA224), Mar 23, 2013: Aeronca 65C (N21301), Grand Rapids, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to adequately lock the primer before takeoff and the flight instructor's failure to verify that the primer was adequately locked.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.