# NTSB DEN67A0017: Aeronca 11AC, N9775E, Sandy, UT, August 24, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 24, 1966
- Place: Sandy, UT · SANDY, UT
- Location: 40.5717° N, 111.8499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandy, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5717&lon=-111.8499&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122486
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN67A0017
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN67A0017

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0747  66/8/24    SANDY UTAH          AERONCA 11AC        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 320
        TIME - 1900                    N9775E              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ALTA AIRPARK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          CLEAR                                                    UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          NONE                                                      80
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          CALM                                                     VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- ACFT NEAR MAX WGT.ACFT HAD DUAL FLT CONTROLS.PLT/OWNER IN R.SEAT HAD ONLY FLOWN ACFT FROM R.SEAT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9775E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9775E-1971-12-21), registration cancelled 1971-12-21, S/N 11AC1413 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 11AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 11AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (registry code 0191102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Alta Airpark

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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