- Date
- November 10, 1974
- Place
- Raton, NM · RATON, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49040Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741110036219A
- Case key
- 140998
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3330 74/11/10 RATON,N MEX TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 2300 TIME - 1115 N49040 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LA MESA PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RATON,N MEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49040
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- La Mesa Park
N49040Registered 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.