- Date
- April 26, 1984, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Palmyra, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47583Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840426014519A
- Case key
- 12588
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot lost control of the acft on the landing flare & collided with a tree. The acft was blown to the left of the rwy & before he could execute a go-around the propeller struck some high brush alongside the rwy. The plt pulled power off, landed in rough terrain & the left wing struck a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47583
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5422
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert J. Kuhlow
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 1, 1983 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- 02C · Brookefield, WI
- Airport
- 88C · Palmyra Municipal, runway 9, 2,100 × 200 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 312 total · 297 in this make and model · 268 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 32 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.