- Date
- June 1, 1991, 13:09 local (20:09 UTC)
- Place
- Antioch, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N49173Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910601018679A
- Case key
- 27227
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Probable cause
That the pilot's preflight was improper; that he departed with the carburetor heat on; failed to abort when it became evident that the airplane was not going to take off; and abruptly lifting the airplane so that it became airborne in ground effect, but then stalled and settled into the trees.
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
The pilot was attempting to depart the 1300 foot runway and the engine was not developing full power. The pilot inadvertently left the carb heat on. When the airplane was about 100 yards from the end of the runway the pilot abruptly pulled the control stick effecting a lift-off in ground effect. When the airplane attained an altitude above ground effect it stalled and settled into the trees and injured an individual on the ground as the aircraft passed over him.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49173
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5220
- Engine
- Continental C-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenneth L. Burgess
- Registered owner
- Kenneth L. Burgess
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- Roddy Ranch, runway 28, 1,300 × ft, dirt
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
- Age
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 562 total · 200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F
- Observed at
- CCR, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.