# NTSB MIA71AM103: Aeronca 11AC, N86338, Sandersville, GA, May 25, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 25, 1971
- Place: Sandersville, GA · SANDERSVILLE, GA
- Location: 32.9817° N, 82.8051° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandersville, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9817&lon=-82.8051&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 30, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 161058
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA71AM103
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71AM103

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0939  71/5/25    SANDERSVILLE,GA     AERONCA 11AC        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1927                    N86338              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 45, 1590 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WASHINGTON COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SANDERSVILLE,GA             LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              LANDING: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS
        REMARKS- OBS SAW PLT LND FROM PROC TURN MANEUVER RIGHT AFTER EARLIER T/O. CRASHED DURING SIMILAR MANEUVER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N86338](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86338-1971-09-28), registration cancelled 1971-09-28, S/N 11AC143 (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: Washington County

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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