- Date
- May 12, 1968
- Place
- Lake Charles, LA · LAKE CHARLES, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N27497Taylorcraft BC-65
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110927
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1788 68/5/12 LAKE CHARLES,LA TAYLORCRAFT BC-65 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1615 N27497 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 23, 600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 25 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCFILLEN AIR PARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27497
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcfillen Air Park
N27497Registration cancelled Sep 25, 2014 · Taylorcraft BC-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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