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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tcrafk DC65TCRAFT · Panacea, FL · July 22, 1992

Date: July 22, 1992 · 20:30 local
Place: Panacea, FL
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N50980
Reported as: Tcrafk DC65TCRAFT
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 100 total20 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N50980Registered now · Taylorcraft DCO-65S/N L-5958 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.

Departed turf field. Unable to climb out of ground effect. Landed in marsh and hit a small tree. Engine too rich.

As the FAA filed it

DEPARTED TURF FIELD. UNABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF GROUND EFFECT. LANDED IN MARSH AND HIT A SMALL TREE. ENGINE TOO RICH.