# Accident 19950708017089A: Tcraft BC65, Plato Center, IL, July 8, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1995, 12:30 local time
- Place: Plato Center, IL
- Airport: Olson Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3461° N, 89.2865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OLSON (5IL1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3461&lon=-89.2865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1027K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1027K-2002-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC-65 (registry code 8850306, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc-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 BC65
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 805 total, 155 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95FA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95FA212) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950708017089A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED SLOW AND LOW. NO ENGINE NOISE. STALLED. IMPACTED VERTICAL. NO FUEL ON BOARD. PROP SHOWED NO POWER. (-23) ON JULY 8, 1995, AT 1230 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A TAYLORCRAFT BC-65, N1027K, REGISTERED TO PATRICK C. DOLF, COMMERCIAL PILOT, DEPARTED CONTROLLED FLIGHT AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN, ONE MILE EAST SOUTHEAST OF OLSON AIRPORT (LL53), NEAR PLATO CENTER, ILLINOIS. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. WITNESS REPORTED THAT AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND AIRCRAFT OBSERVED WITH NOSE DROPPED SHARPLY PRIOR TO IMPACT. NO MECHANICAL DEFICIENCIES DISCOVERED. THIS WAS A PERSONAL 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

## 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 CHI95FA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95FA212), Jul 8, 1995: Taylorcraft BC-65 (N1027K), Plato Center, IL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot not maintaining an adequate fuel supply, and not maintaining airspeed.

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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