- Date
- September 6, 1981
- Place
- Pleasant View, TN · PLEASANT VIEW, TN
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N48280Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810906055709A
- Case key
- 123717
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2110 81/9/6 PLEASANT VIEW,TN TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 117 TIME - 1020 N48280 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COTHERN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- L WING CAUGHT WIRE DRG LOW PASS NEAR PVT STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48280
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cothern Field
N48280Registration cancelled Aug 27, 2012 · Taylorcraft DCO-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft DCO-65Engine modelContinental C85 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.