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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Taylorcraft DCO-65 · Westport, PA · June 7, 2026

Date
June 7, 2026 · 16:30 local
Place
Westport, PA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N47123
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA26LA245
Reported as
Taylorcraft DCO-65
Reported engine
Continental C85 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,523 total362 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

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.

The airman departed zelienople airport (pjc) for lockhaven airport (lhv) with an overnight stop at his privately owned grass strip near Westport, PA. After departing pjc he stopped for fuel at clearfield-lawrence airport (fig). Upon reaching the private strip, the airman made two low passes to inspect for obstacles and debris. On landing, the aircraft bounced twice. While crossing a drainage pipe depression, the aircraft's tail bounced a third time, causing it to flip over it's nose coming to rest inverted on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRMAN DEPARTED ZELIENOPLE AIRPORT (PJC) FOR LOCKHAVEN AIRPORT (LHV) WITH AN OVERNIGHT STOP AT HIS PRIVATELY OWNED GRASS STRIP NEAR WESTPORT, PA. AFTER DEPARTING PJC HE STOPPED FOR FUEL AT CLEARFIELD-LAWRENCE AIRPORT (FIG). UPON REACHING THE PRIVATE STRIP, THE AIRMAN MADE TWO LOW PASSES TO INSPECT FOR OBSTACLES AND DEBRIS. ON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE. WHILE CROSSING A DRAINAGE PIPE DEPRESSION, THE AIRCRAFT'S TAIL BOUNCED A THIRD TIME, CAUSING IT TO FLIP OVER IT'S NOSE COMING TO REST INVERTED ON THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.