# Accident 19770421008139A: Tcraft BL65, Horizon City, TX, April 21, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1977
- Place: Horizon City, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Go Around
- Location: 31.6796° N, 106.1911° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Horizon City, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6796&lon=-106.1911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26662, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26662-2018-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BL-65 (registry code 8850350, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bl-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-145B series (registry code 41502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-145b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BL65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,020 total, 10 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77FQD17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FQD17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770421008139A

## Narrative

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

HIT BUSHES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO AVOID TREES.

## 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 FTW77FQD17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FQD17), Apr 21, 1977: Taylorcraft BL-12 (N26662), Horizon City, TX, substantial damage

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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