Aeronca L-16 N65885

5 February 1966 · Muscle Shoals Ala, Alabama, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 5 February 1966 at about 16:44 local time, a Aeronca L-16 registered N65885 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Muscle Shoals Ala, Alabama, United States. One person was on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 February 1966 at 16:44
Classification: Accident
Location: Muscle Shoals Ala, Alabama, United States
Nearest airport: Muscle Shoals
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Aeronca L-16
Registration: N65885
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Civil Air Patrol
Purpose of flight: Practice
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0060

People

2 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	2	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 2-0060, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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