# Accident 19730113000679A: Tcraft BCS12D1, San Antonio, TX, January 13, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1973
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: Horizon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 29.2846° N, 98.4983° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HORIZON (74R), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2846&lon=-98.4983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95340, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95340-2023-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D (registry code 8850316, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BCS12D1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,746 total, 50 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73FRG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FRG41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730113000679A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THROTTLE ARM CAME OFF THROTTLE SHAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW73FRG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FRG41), Jan 13, 1973: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N95340), San Antonio, TX, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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