# NTSB UNK65X0426: Taylorcraft BC1265, N23888, Slate Run, PA, October 25, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 25, 1964
- Place: Slate Run, PA · SLATE RUN, PA
- Location: 41.4728° N, 77.5016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Slate Run, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4728&lon=-77.5016&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 30, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180916
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0426
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0426

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3326  64/10/25   SLATE RUN PA        TAYLORCRAFT BC1265  CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 755
        TIME - 1330                    N23888              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BLACK FOREST
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N23888](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23888), registered now, S/N 1524, built 1939 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC1265
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc-65) (registry code 8850306) (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: Destroyed
- Airport: Black Forest

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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