# NTSB NYC65A0134: Aeronca C-2, N10308, Limerick, PA, May 1, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 1, 1965
- Place: Limerick, PA · LIMERICK, PA
- Location: 40.2309° N, 75.5221° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Limerick, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2309&lon=-75.5221&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 1, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178141
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC65A0134
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC65A0134

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0367   65/5/1    LIMERICK PA         AERONCA C-2         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1350                    N10308              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 66, 12000 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 100 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - POTTSTOWN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N10308](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10308-1965-06-18), registration cancelled 1965-06-18, S/N A-74 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA C-2
- Registry model: [Aeronca C-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-c-2) (registry code 0190101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Pottstown

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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