- Date
- October 14, 1965
- Place
- East Berkshire, VT · EAST BERKSHIRE, VT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N46444Taylorcraft DCO
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175286
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3205 65/10/14 EAST BERKSHIRE VT TAYLORCRAFT DCO CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 140 TIME - 1705 N46444 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- BOLT FOR ELEVATOR CONTROL HORN MISSING-UPPER ELEVATOR CABLE WAS DISCONNECTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46444
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DCO
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N46444Registration cancelled Jul 12, 2017 · Taylorcraft DCO-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft DCO-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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