# NTSB MKC83LA120: Aeronca 65CA, N36600, St Louis, MO, June 1, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 1, 1983, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Coordinates: 38.629844, -90.190696 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6298&lon=-90.1907&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33416
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA120
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33416/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA120

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT DURING HIS 4TH FULL STOP LANDING THE ACFT VEERED LEFT OFF THE RWY INTO A FLOODED AREA & NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N36600](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36600), registered now, S/N C-16991, built 1941 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 65CA
- Registry model: [Aeronca 65-CA](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-ca) (registry code 0190922) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: C16991
- Airframe hours: 1500
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A-65-7 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert E. Piazza
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 2, 1983
- Airport: 02K, Arrowhead, runway 20, 2,715 × 49 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 113 total, 43 in this make and model, 43 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: STL, 9 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830601021959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830601021959A), Jun 1, 1983: Trytek 65CA, St Louis, MO, Substantial damage. Aircrft veered off runway onto soft ground. Wheels sank in, and aircraft flipped inverted.

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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