- Date
- April 11, 1965
- Place
- Warsaw, IN · WARSAW, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N86023Aeronca 11-AC
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179220
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1058 65/4/11 WARSAW IND AERONCA 11-AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 146 TIME - 0915 N86023 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARSAW TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DIRT AND WATER IN FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86023
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11-AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Warsaw
N86023Registration cancelled Mar 11, 2026 · Aeronca 11ACAirframe modelAeronca 11ACEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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