- Date
- August 20, 1972
- Place
- Monteith, GA · MONTEITH, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N23606Taylorcraft BC-65
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168453
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3166 72/8/20 MONTEITH,GA TAYLORCRAFT BC-65 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 33 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N23606 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES HAZE 340 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 4 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT LEFT LOCAL TRAFFIC PATTERN.THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY,PLT MADE PRECAUTIONARY LNDG.CRASHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23606
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N23606Registration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Taylorcraft BL-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft BL-65Engine modelLycoming 0-145A series
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