Accident Taylorcraft DCO-65 N47325, Sunday 15 August 1982

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Date:	Sunday 15 August 1982
Time:	09:35 LT
Type:	Taylorcraft DCO-65
Owner/operator:	Mary Ann Buyuklian
Registration:	N47325
MSN:	L5164
Total airframe hrs:	4450 hours
Engine model:	Continental A-65
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Santa Cruz, CA - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Destination airport:	Los Banos, CA
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

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.

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