# NTSB CEN27LA031: Aeronca 65CA, N34402, Hartford, WI, October 24, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: October 24, 2026, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Hartford, WI · 43.38457725166325, -88.29172192917673
- Coordinates: 43.384577, -88.291722 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3846&lon=-88.2917&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA FSDON
- NTSB case key (mKey): 204068
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN27LA031
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/204068/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN27LA031

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192) (defining event); cases with it: [Aeronca 65-CA, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md?model=0190922), [All aircraft, 805 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N34402](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34402), registered now, S/N C-14291, built 1941 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 65CA
- Registry model: [Aeronca 65-CA](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-ca) (registry code 0190922) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: C-14291
- Year built: 1941
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Hogue Gary
- Departed: OSH, Oshkosh, WI
- Destination: 62C, Franksville, WI
- Airport: HXF

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.33 inHg
- Observed at: KETB, 7 nm away
- METAR: METAR KETB 242135Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM CLR 19/10 A3033 RMK AO2

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.

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