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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC88LA077

1988-04-16 BELTON, Missouri, United States Airport · 19K None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N40178

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERONCA 11BC

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4B3C6

Registrant of record

SCHUH RANDY G

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, PIC SAID THE ENGINE QUIT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. AN EMERGENCY LDG WAS MADE IN A NEARBY FIELD, AND DURING THE ROLL OUT, THE ACFT STRUCK A TERRACE AND NOSED OVER. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED ACFT FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_MKC88LA077.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (icing). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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