# NTSB MIA72FKJ37: Taylorcraft DCO-65, N52423, Mobile, AL, December 24, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: December 24, 1971
- Place: Mobile, AL · MOBILE, AL
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 10, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164881
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA72FKJ37
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA72FKJ37

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4413  71/12/24   MOBILE,ALA          TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65  CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1306
        TIME - 1445                    N52423              PX-  0  0  1  SEARCH AND RESCUE         TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BROOKLEY FLD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MOBILE,ALA                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- SEARCH MISSION,PASS TO CK UNIDENT OBJ.DRG L CLBG TURN WING HIT END OF BOAT HOIST EXTDG OVR WATER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N52423 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Brookley Fld

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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