# Incident 20100818043659I: Taylorcraft DCO-65, Anderson, IN, August 18, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2010, 19:45 local time
- Place: Anderson, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1053° N, 85.6803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anderson, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1053&lon=-85.6803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47481, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47481) (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: TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,003 total, 269 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100818043659I

## Narrative

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

SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF CLIMB FROM KAID, CLIMBING LEFT TURN TO 1500 FEET MSL, THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING SMOOTHLY. THEN THE OWNER/OPERATOR STATED THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SURGE. THE ENGINE DID NOT STOP BUT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. PILOT STATED HE TRIED TO TURN BACK TO AID BUT WAS TOO FAR AWAY AND THEREFORE MADE A DECISION TO EMERGENCY LAND IN A SCHOOL FIELD AT EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, ANDERSON, INDIANA.

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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