- Date
- October 24, 1988, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Mora, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1162HAeronca 15AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881024047539A
- Case key
- 14306
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
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - water,rough
Landing gear,float assembly - failure,partialFactor
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - misjudgedCause
Planning/decision - improperCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Object - tree(s)Factor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1162H
- Reported as
- Aeronca 15AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15AC-175
- Airframe hours
- 1,988
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vail, Mark V.
- Registered owner
- Vail, Mark V.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 18, 1986 · 72 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Octopus Lake
- Destination
- NONE · Pine City, MN
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 449 total · 295 in this make and model · 404 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.