Taylorcraft L-2 N67654

2 June 1972 · Dunsmuir, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 2 June 1972 at about 05:35 local time, a Taylorcraft L-2 registered N67654 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Dunsmuir, 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.

The record

Date: 2 June 1972 at 05:35
Classification: Accident
Location: Dunsmuir, California, United States
Nearest airport: Dunsmuir Municpl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Taylorcraft L-2
Registration: N67654
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Merced Calif
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1951

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

Probable cause

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

USED HEAVY WT OIL, IMPROPER WARM UP.ACFT ABOUT 42LBS OVER MAX GROSS WT.RWY DOWN SLOPE INTO TREES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1951, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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