# NTSB CHI84LA162: Taylorcraft DCO-65, N47583, Palmyra, WI, April 26, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 26, 1984, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Palmyra, WI
- Coordinates: 42.870819, -88.580566 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8708&lon=-88.5806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12588
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA162
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12588/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA162

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Propeller/rotor contact to person, go-around (vfr)
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47583-2004-01-21), registration cancelled 2004-01-21, S/N 5422, built 1944 (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)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 5422
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840426014519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840426014519A), Apr 26, 1984: Tcrafk DC65TCRAFT, Palmyra, WI, Substantial damage. Drifted to left of the runway on the flare for landing. Struck brush and a tree on attempted go around.

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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