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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Kuhlow DCO65TCRAFT · Cape Cod Bay, MA · September 27, 1978

Date: September 27, 1978 · 13:42 local
Place: Cape Cod Bay, MA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N47275
Reported as: Kuhlow DCO65TCRAFT
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 300 total300 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N47275Registration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Taylorcraft DCO-65S/N L4705 · Built 1942 Airframe modelTaylorcraft DCO-65 Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was landed on beach due to carb ice. Handpropped to start. Started around in circle, into water.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED ON BEACH DUE TO CARB ICE. HANDPROPPED TO START. STARTED AROUND IN CIRCLE, INTO WATER.