CEN27LA036

NTSB accident investigation · Aeronca 11AC · Brookston, MN · October 31, 2026

Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
October 31, 2026, 12:10 local (17:10 UTC)
Place
Brookston, MN · 46.79323879499923, -92.71360050211827
Injuries
1 minor
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N85895Aeronca 11AC
Defining event
Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land
Weather
Instrument (IMC) · Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Central Region
Parties
FAA FSDO
Case key
204108

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N85895
Reported as
Aeronca 11AC
Category
Airplane
Serial number
11AC-283
Built
1946
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Departed
COQ · Cloquet, MN
Airport
None

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Weather

Conditions
Instrument (IMC) · Day
Wind
130° at 5 knots
Visibility
7 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
1,000 ft overcast
Temperature
45 °F, dew point 41 °F
Altimeter
30.27 inHg
Observed at
KCOQ, 10 nm away
METAR
METAR KCOQ 311655Z AUTO 13005KT 7SM DZ OVC010 07/05 A3027 RMK AO2