Taylorcraft DCO-65 N47325

Summary

On 15 August 1982 at about 16:35 local time, a Taylorcraft DCO-65 registered N47325, operated by Mary ANN Buyuklian, was involved in an accident near Santa Cruz, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 August 1982 at 16:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Santa Cruz, California, United States

Nearest airport

Skypark (SRU)

Coordinates

37.0392, -122.0994

Aircraft

Taylorcraft DCO-65

Registration

N47325

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Mary ANN Buyuklian

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Jose → Los Banos

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82DA300

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING ARRIVAL, THE PILOT ENTERED TRAFFIC TO LAND ON RUNWAY 31 WITH A WIND FROM 130 DEG AT 5 KTS. THE FIRST APPROACH TO LAND WAS HIGH, SO A GO-AROUND WAS MADE. ON THE SECOND APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOW AND FAST. REPORTEDLY, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND THE PILOT INITIATED A SECOND GO-AROUND. THE PILOT THEN ABORTED THE GO-AROUND, BUT WAS TOO LATE TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH A PARKED CESSNA 172.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.