- Date
- November 24, 1968
- Place
- St Charles, IA · ST CHARLES, IA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N26669Taylorcraft BC-65
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191937
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4626 68/11/24 ST CHARLES,IOWA TAYLORCRAFT BC-65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 40, TIME - 0945 N26669 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RT SIDE OF ELEVATOR BENT DOWN APPROX 5 IN FROM PREVIOUS ACCIDENT.NO VALID FLT CERTIFICATE-RATING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26669
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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