- Date
- February 7, 1980
- Place
- Brighton, MI · BRIGHTON, MI
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47867Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800207005679A
- Case key
- 132300
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0140 80/2/7 NR.BRIGHTON,MI TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 109 TIME - 1015 N47867 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FOWLERVILLE,MI BRIGHTON,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 350 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FROZEN LAKE SURROUNDED BY TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47867
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N47867Registered now · Taylorcraft DCO-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft DCO-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 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.