- Date
- November 21, 1965
- Place
- Adair, IA · ADAIR, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N48247Taylorcraft L-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174444
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3963 65/11/21 NR.ADAIR IOWA TAYLORCRAFT L-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 500 TIME - 0845 N48247 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION ON HAY FIELD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48247
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft L-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N48247Registered now · Taylorcraft DCO-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft DCO-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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