# Accident 19760509010429A: Tcrafk DCO65, Bernie, MO, May 9, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1976
- Place: Bernie, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 36.6717° N, 89.9707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bernie, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6717&lon=-89.9707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49030, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49030-1976-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft DCO-65 (registry code 8850408, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-dco-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFK DCO65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76AK057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760509010429A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT PURCHASED 4/29/76.OBSVD AT LOW ALT WHEN ACFT ENTRD A L SPIN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB MKC76AK057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK057), May 9, 1976: Taylorcraft DCO-65 (N49030), Bernie, MO, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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