# NTSB UNK64X2733: Taylorcraft DF65, N63045, Escondido, CA, July 9, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 9, 1964
- Place: Escondido, CA · ESCONDIDO, CA
- Location: 33.1192° N, 117.0864° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Escondido, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1192&lon=-117.0864&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 12, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183003
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2733
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2733

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2004   64/7/9    ESCONDIDO CALIF     TAYLORCRAFT DF65    CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 17, UNK/NR
        TIME - 1530                    N63045              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE WOHLFORD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63045](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63045), registered now, S/N 6209 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT DF65
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft DF-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-df-65) (registry code 8850416) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Franklin 4AC176B series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-4ac176b-series) (registry code 27006, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Lake Wohlford

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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