- Date
- June 19, 1965
- Place
- Westerly, RI · WESTERLY, RI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N58041Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178261
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0848 65/6/19 WESTERLY RI TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N58041 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 25, 346 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTERLY STATE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- NO.3 CYLINDER INTAKE VALVE LEAKING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58041
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Westerly State
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