# NTSB MIA70D0150: Aeronca 65-CA, N31417, Mount Dora, FL, August 7, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 7, 1969
- Place: Mount Dora, FL · MOUNT DORA, FL
- Location: 28.8133° N, 81.6334° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Dora, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8133&lon=-81.6334&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 1, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162194
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA70D0150
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70D0150

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3471   69/8/7    MOUNT DORA,FLA      AERONCA 65-CA       CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 44, 32 TOTAL
        TIME - 1800                    N31417              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MID-FLORIDA
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MOUNT DORA,FLA              MOUNT DORA,FLA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- PARKED ACFT,CESSNA 150 N5941T,SUBSTL DAMAGE. PLT PROPPED ENG.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N31417](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31417-2013-08-13), registration cancelled 2013-08-13, S/N CA10660, built 1954 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 65-CA
- Registry model: [Aeronca 65-CA](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-ca) (registry code 0190922) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mid-Florida

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.