Taylorcraft DCO-65 N50839

30 April 1980 · San Jose, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 30 April 1980 at about 13:09 local time, a Taylorcraft DCO-65 registered N50839 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near San Jose, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 30 April 1980 at 13:09
Classification: Accident
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Nearest airport: Reid-Hillview
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Taylorcraft DCO-65
Registration: N50839
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0468

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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.

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 3-0468, 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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12 Jun 1976	Taylorcraft DCO-65 N45310	Cypress Garden, Florida, United States no coordinates	Gilbert Flyers	No injuries	-
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