# NTSB UNK64X3168: Taylorcraft DC065, N50128, Shreveport, LA, August 2, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 2, 1964
- Place: Shreveport, LA · SHREVEPORT, LA
- Location: 32.5252° N, 93.7502° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shreveport, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5252&lon=-93.7502&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 20, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182267
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3168
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3168

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2303   64/8/2    SHREVEPORT LA       TAYLORCRAFT DC065   CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 36, 51 TOTAL
        TIME - 1300                    N50128              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - AERO ENTERPRISES
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- PILOT PROPPED ENGINE, AIRCRAFT UNOCCUPIED. PARKED AIRCRAFT AERONCA 7DC M83124 SUBST. DAMAGE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50128](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50128-2019-09-06), registration cancelled 2019-09-06, S/N 5450, built 1943 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT DC065
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft DC-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-dc-65) (registry code 8850402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Aero Enterprises

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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