# Accident 19880530016249A: Tcraft BL65, Eloy, AZ, May 30, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1988, 14:45 local time
- Place: Eloy, AZ
- Airport: Eloy Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8067° N, 111.5866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELOY MUNI (E60), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8067&lon=-111.5866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27463, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27463-2014-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BL-65 (registry code 8850350, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bl-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BL65
- Reported engine: CONT A65*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 103 total, 12 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88FA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880530016249A

## Narrative

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

STALLED THE VINTAGE RESTORED AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF CLIMB AND IMPACTED NEAR VERTICAL. HAD PRIOR FAILED STALL RECOVERY.

## 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 LAX88FA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA204), May 30, 1988: Taylorcraft BL65 (N27463), Eloy, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING TAKEOFF CLIMB RESULTING IN AN INADVERTENT SPIRAL. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE IN THE…

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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