- Date
- August 15, 1982, 09:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Cruz, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47325Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820815038189A
- Case key
- 72533
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During arrival, the pilot entered traffic to land on runway 31 with a wind from 130 deg at 5 KTS. The first approach to land was high, so a go-around was made. On the second approach, the aircraft was low and fast. Reportedly, the aircraft began to veer to the left after touchdown and the pilot initiated a second go-around. The pilot then aborted the go-around, but was too late to avoid colliding with a parked Cessna 172.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47325
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- L5164
- Airframe hours
- 4,450
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mary Ann Buyuklian
- Registered owner
- Amelia Reid
- Departed
- RHV · San Jose, CA
- Destination
- Los Banos, CA
- Airport
- SRU · Skypark, runway 31, 2,620 × 60 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 57 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.