# NTSB DEN68A0010: Aerona 11AC, N9563E, Erie, CO, August 4, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 4, 1967
- Place: Erie, CO · ERIE, CO
- Location: 40.0403° N, 105.0383° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Erie, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0403&lon=-105.0383&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 6, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115962
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN68A0010
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN68A0010

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0997   67/8/4    ERIE,COLO           AERONA 11AC         CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, UNK/NR
        TIME - 1800                    N9563E              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
        REMARKS- STALL OR SPIN. INSUFFICIENT ALT FOR SAFE RECOVERY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9563E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9563E-2023-05-13), registration cancelled 2023-05-13, S/N 11AC-1200, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONA 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
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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