# NTSB CEN26LA292: Taylorcraft DCO-65, N48446, Copper City, MI, August 14, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: August 14, 2026, 19:44, time zone not recorded
- Place: Copper City, MI
- Location: 47.2842° N, 88.3875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Copper City, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2842&lon=-88.3875&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203602
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN26LA292
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203602/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA292

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [Taylorcraft DCO-65, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md?model=8850408), [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N48446](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48446), registered now, S/N L-5019, built 1943 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft DCO-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-dco-65) (registry code 8850408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Operator: Roam Air LLC
- Registered owner: Roam Air LLC

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20260814011249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260814011249A), Aug 14, 2026: Taylorcraft DCO-65, Calumet, MI, Substantial damage. On August 14, 2026, at 1945 local time, a Taylorcraft DCO-65 aircraft, [privacy data omitted], registered to and flown by an airline transport pilot sustained…

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.

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