- Date
- May 28, 1978
- Place
- Watsonville, CA · WATSONVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N34037Taylorcraft BC1265
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780528020539A
- Case key
- 142013
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1749 78/5/28 WATSONVILLE,CA TAYLORCRAFT BC1265 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 22, UNK/NR TIME - 1224 N34037 PX- 0 1 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATSONVILLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATSONVILLE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- PILOT PARTICIPATING IN SHORT FIELD T/O CONTEST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34037
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC1265
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Watsonville Muni
N34037Registration cancelled Aug 2, 2020 · Taylorcraft BC12-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.