# NTSB MKC66F0250: Taylorcraft BL-65, N27415, Spencer, NE, October 3, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 3, 1965
- Place: Spencer, NE · SPENCER, NE
- Location: 42.8756° N, 98.6999° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spencer, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8756&lon=-98.6999&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 22, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175305
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC66F0250
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66F0250

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3281   65/10/3 NR.SPENCER NEBR       TAYLORCRAFT BL-65   CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 39, 30 TOTAL
        TIME - 0945                    N27415              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION ON FARM FIELD
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N27415](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27415-2017-03-10), registration cancelled 2017-03-10, S/N 2057, built 1940 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BL-65
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BL-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bl-65) (registry code 8850350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-145B series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-145b-series) (registry code 41502, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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