- Date
- July 23, 1979
- Place
- Mead, WA · MEAD, WA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N57833Taylorcraft DC-65
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790723017159A
- Case key
- 135123
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1644 79/7/23 MEAD,WA TAYLORCRAFT DC-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1750 N57833 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 29, 1321 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 22 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEAD,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 88 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SETTLED INTO TREES FROM LOW TURN. DENSITY ALTITUDE 4000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57833
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DC-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mead
N57833Registration cancelled Apr 23, 2013 · Taylorcraft DC-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft DC-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.