# NTSB DEN72DTC10: Aeronca 65-TL, N36520, Recluse, WY, October 3, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 3, 1971
- Place: Recluse, WY · RECLUSE, WY
- Location: 44.7411° N, 105.7081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Recluse, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7411&lon=-105.7081&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164269
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN72DTC10
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN72DTC10

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3957   71/10/3   RECLUSE,WYO         AERONCA 65-TL       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 34, 204
        TIME - 1300                    N36520              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED         GILLETE,WYO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED
        REMARKS- TKOF FROM SNOW COVERED PRAIRIE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N36520](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36520-2014-10-02), registration cancelled 2014-10-02, S/N 10251T, built 1941 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 65-TL
- Registry model: [Aeronca 65-TL](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-tl) (registry code 0190908) (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: Substantial damage

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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