- Date
- May 30, 1977
- Place
- Yelm, WA · YELM, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N50290Taylorcraft L-2B
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770530014679A
- Case key
- 158257
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1088 77/5/30 YELM,WA. TAYLORCRAFT L-2B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 72 TOTAL TIME - 1815 N50290 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YELM,WA. LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- PLTS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL - .071 %.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50290
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft L-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N50290Registered now · Taylorcraft DCO-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft DCO-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.