# Incident 19960229006689I: Tcrafk DCO65TCRAFT, Corona, NM, February 29, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 29, 1996, 17:00 local time
- Place: Corona, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2501° N, 105.5970° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corona, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2501&lon=-105.5970&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50962, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50962) (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
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total, 150 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960229006689I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE ENROUTE FROM SANTA ROSA, NM, TO SECORRO, NM, PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING BECAUSE HE WAS LOSING DAYLIGHT. NOTE: AIRCRAFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED FOR NIGHT FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT LANDED HEADING NORTH NE ON A ROUGH DIRT ROAD LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTH SW OF CORONA, NM. THE DIRT ROAD WAS A PRIVATE ACCESS ROAD APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF MILE WEST OF STATE ROAD 54 AND RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE STATE ROAD AT MILE MARKER 154 (333DEGREES). THE LAND IS OWNED BY LERRY BOND WHO INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO PROPERTY DAMAGE. INVESTIGATION INDICATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT WANDERED 35 TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF ITS INTENDED COURSE AND THE PILOT HAD BECOME DISORIENTED. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE HAD LOST GROUND REFERENCE WITH THE CHART IN USE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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