- Date
- May 24, 1968
- Place
- Mamou, LA · MAMOU, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47847Taylorcraft DC-65
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110087
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1407 68/5/24 MAMOU,LA TAYLORCRAFT DC-65 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 19 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N47847 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAMOU TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SQUALL LINE WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 82 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WEATHER BRIEFING BY INSTR.CROSSWIND 25K,GUSTS TO 40K. LINE SQUALL MOVED TO ARPT DURING LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47847
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DC-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mamou
N47847Registration cancelled Nov 4, 2019 · Taylorcraft DCO-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft DCO-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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