- Date
- June 12, 1976
- Place
- Cypress Garden, FL · CYPRESS GARDEN, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N45310Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760612018949A
- Case key
- 154148
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0001 76/6/12 CYPRESS GARDEN,FL TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 29 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N45310 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CYPRESS GARDENS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CYPRESS GARDEN,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- TAKEOFF ATTEMPTED WITH REAR SEAT CONTROL STICK SECURED WITH SAFETY BELT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45310
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cypress Gardens
N45310Registered now · Taylorcraft DCO-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft DCO-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.