# NTSB DIA67A0007: Aeronca 65-CA, N31932, Fruitland, MD, January 23, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 23, 1967
- Place: Fruitland, MD · FRUITLAND, MD
- Location: 38.3191° N, 75.6279° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fruitland, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3191&lon=-75.6279&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 8, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119052
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA67A0007
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA67A0007

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0020  67/1/23    FRUITLAND,MD        AERONCA 65-CA       CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 33, UNK/NR
        TIME - 1733                    N31932              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 - SALISBURY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        REMARKS- ACFT ENTERED SPIN AT TOP OF LOW ALTITUDE LOOP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N31932](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31932-1967-11-16), registration cancelled 1967-11-16, S/N C-12301 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 65-CA
- Registry model: [Aeronca 65-CA](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-ca) (registry code 0190922) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Salisbury

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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