# Accident 19810906055709A: Kuhlow DCO65TCRAFT, Pleasant View, TN, September 6, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1981, 10:20 local time
- Place: Pleasant View, TN
- Airport: Cothern Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3893° N, 87.0455° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pleasant View, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3893&lon=-87.0455&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48280, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48280-2012-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft DCO-65 (registry code 8850408, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-dco-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KUHLOW DCO65TCRAFT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 118 total, 55 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FKW26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKW26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810906055709A

## Narrative

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

FLEW LOW TO OBSERVE FIELD PURCHASED FOR A PRIVATE STRIP, STRUCK POWERLINE, CRASHED AND BURNED.

## 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 ATL81FKW26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKW26), Sep 6, 1981: Taylorcraft DCO-65 (N48280), Pleasant View, TN, destroyed

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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