# NTSB OAK66A0004: Aeronca 11AC, N4261E, Red Bluff, CA, August 8, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 8, 1965
- Place: Red Bluff, CA · RED BLUFF, CA
- Location: 40.1735° N, 122.2415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Red Bluff, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1735&lon=-122.2415&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 14, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177324
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK66A0004
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66A0004

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0761   65/8/8    RED BLUFF,CALIF.    AERONCA 11AC        CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                PRIVATE, AGE 47, 70 TOTAL
        TIME - 1830                    N4261E              PX-  1  0  0  MAPPING/PHOTO             HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BIDWELL FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION
        REMARKS- THE RIGHT SIDE CABIN DOOR OF N4261E WAS REMOVED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4261E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4261E-1965-10-28), registration cancelled 1965-10-28, S/N 11CC-141 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 11AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 11CC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11cc) (registry code 0191110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Bidwell Field

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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