- Date
- January 12, 1971
- Place
- Yuma, AZ · YUMA, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N48728Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159747
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0932 71/1/12 YUMA,ARIZ TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 100 TIME - 1705 N48728 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - 12TH STREET STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YUMA,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD IN TIGHT TURN,THEN PULL UP INTO CLB,STALL AND FALL TO GND IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48728
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- 12th Street Strip
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