# Incident 19900718036239I: Tcrafk DCO65TCRAFT, San Jose, CA, July 18, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1990, 11:15 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3329° N, 121.8198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REID-HILLVIEW OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY (RHV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3329&lon=-121.8198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50839, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50839) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft DCO-65 (registry code 8850408, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-dco-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFK DCO65TCRAFT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 38 total, 29 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900718036239I

## Narrative

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

PROPELLER TIP SEPARATED ON TAKEOFF ROLL. ABORTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N50839 (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070810016149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070810016149I), Aug 10, 2007: Tcrafk DCO65TCRAFT (N50839), San Jose, CA, No damage. (-23) Pilot stated that on climbout (upwind leg) aircraft lost most of its power which resulted in an off field emergency landing on a local road.
- [Incident 20030813020159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030813020159I), Aug 13, 2003: Tcrafk DCO65TCRAFT (N50839), San Jose, CA. (-23) On August 13, 2003, at approximately 17:10 PDT a Taylorcraft N50839 made a forced landing in a field just short of runway 31L at Reid-Hillview airport in…
- [Accident 19800430011589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800430011589A), Apr 30, 1980: Tcrafk DCO65 (N50839), San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. Ground-looped during landing roll. Ran off runway and overturned.

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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