# NTSB CEN27LA036: Aeronca 11AC, N85895, Brookston, MN, October 31, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: October 31, 2026, 12:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place: Brookston, MN · 46.79323879499923, -92.71360050211827
- Coordinates: 46.793238, -92.713224 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7932&lon=-92.7132&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 204108
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN27LA036
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/204108/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN27LA036

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Fuel related](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190); cases with it: [Aeronca 11AC, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190/sequence.md?model=0191102), [All aircraft, 363 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [Aeronca 11AC, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md?model=0191102), [All aircraft, 3,372 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Aeronca 11AC, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=0191102), [All aircraft, 1,337 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N85895](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85895), registered now, S/N 11AC-283, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 11AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 11AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (registry code 0191102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 11AC-283
- Year built: 1946
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Departed: COQ, Cloquet, MN
- Airport: None

## 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

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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