- Date
- March 12, 1968
- Place
- Tracy, CA · TRACY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50966Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118609
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0601 68/3/12 TRACY,CALIF TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 105 TIME - 1130 N50966 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 95 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DELTA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 60 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- STRUCK PILE OF BROKEN CONCRETE. LEFT CROSSWIND 15K GUSTING TO 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50966
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Delta
N50966Registration cancelled Jun 22, 1976 · Taylorcraft DCO-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft DCO-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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