# NTSB UNK65X0815: Aeronca 65TC, N34474, Salina, KS, November 24, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: November 24, 1964
- Place: Salina, KS · SALINA, KS
- Location: 38.8107° N, 97.6146° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salina, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8107&lon=-97.6146&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report February 3, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180634
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0815
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0815

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0802  64/11/24   SALINA KANSAS       AERONCA 65TC        CR-  0  2  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 3557
        TIME - 1655                    N34474              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MUNICIPAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N34474](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34474-1965-03-23), registration cancelled 1965-03-23, S/N C-10101-T (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 65TC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 65-TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-tc) (registry code 0190902) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Municipal

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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