# NTSB UNK64X2097: Taylorcraft DC0-65, N50968, Dewitt, MI, June 3, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 3, 1964
- Place: Dewitt, MI · DEWITT, MI
- Location: 42.8388° N, 84.5838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeWitt, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8388&lon=-84.5838&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 24, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183577
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2097
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2097

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0343   64/6/3    DEWITT MICH         TAYLORCRAFT DC0-65  CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 44, 51 TOTAL
        TIME - 1530                    N50968              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: BUZZING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50968](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50968-1964-08-21), registration cancelled 1964-08-21, S/N 5910 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT DC0-65
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft DCO-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-dco-65) (registry code 8850408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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